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FDA Plans to Remove Most Flavored E-Cigs from Market
The federal government will take steps to clear the market of unauthorized flavored e-cigarettes, which many blame for a rise in youth vaping.
Post-Overdose Interventions Grow, but Few Have Been Evaluated
Only three programs identified in a review of post-opioid overdose interventions have been subject to rigorous review, leaving many questions unanswered about how best to organize these efforts.
Survey Highlights Concerns About Substance Use in Food Service Industry
An American Addiction Centers survey offers significant evidence of a culture of casual substance use within the food service industry.
Parent's Incarceration Increases Likelihood of Child Substance Use Disorder
Research at Duke University links the incarceration of a parental figure to development of a substance use disorder and other adverse outcomes in children.
NCAD Spotlight: Counselors' Presence in Hospital Enhances Referral Prospects
Gateway Foundation's Project Warm Handoff is creating continuing-care opportunities for hospital patients with opioid use problems.
SAM Leader Highlights Flaws in Studies on Marijuana Access and Opioid Deaths
Kevin Sabet states that recent findings linking expanded access to marijuana with reductions in opioid-related deaths have been thoroughly rebutted.
For Methamphetamine, Other Drugs, Reliable Use Estimates Hard to Come By
RAND researchers have issued new estimates of illicit drug spending, at a time marked by a reduced number of reliable information sources.
To Minimize Countertransference, Clinicians Must Maintain Control in Relationship
A breakout session at NCAD East offered strategies for minimizing the effects of countertransference, which is inevitable in therapeutic work.
E-Cigarette Maker's Hire of Researcher Stirs Opposition
Researchers and advocates are decrying Juul Labs' hiring of a researcher who has been outspoken in the past on the dangers of underage vaping.
The Triple Threat of Substance Abuse, Chronic Pain, and Psychiatric Disorders
The lifetime prevalence of a substance use disorder (SUD) hovers around 20% in the general population. The lifetime prevalence of chronic pain is about the same. Rates of both are much higher, however, in the psychiatric patient population.
CDC Projects Decline in Drug Overdose Deaths for 2018
Policy leaders and researchers are extracting hope out of preliminary data suggesting that the nation may have seen a drop of around 5% in drug overdose deaths in 2018. The numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate…
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