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Crack addiction refers to a substance use disorder where an individual is physiologically dependent on the substance; they lose control over their use and continue to use the substance despite negative consequences, says Jeanette Tetrault, MD, an addiction medicine specialist at Yale Medicine. Substance use is recognized as a brain disorder. People who are addicted to crack […]

Substance abuse can simply be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. “Substances” can include alcohol and other drugs (illegal or not) as well as some substances that are not drugs at all. “Abuse” can result because you are using a substance in a way that is not intended

    In a new study, researchers found how cancer survivors could develop opioid addictions. The research was done by a team at the University of California San Diego and elsewhere. Opioids play an important role in how cancer patients manage pain, but the ongoing opioid epidemic has raised concerns about their potential for abuse.

America’s Covid-19 epidemic is likely making its drug overdose epidemic even worse. While there’s no good national data for the year yet, local and state jurisdictions have reported increases in overdose deaths. According to the American Medical Association, as of July 20, more than 35 states have reported increases in drug-related deaths and other concerns with drug use

Wash your hands. Practice social distancing. This often repeated and important public health messaging is critically important as the nation seeks to contain COVID-19. Recently, CDC officials encouraged people to have a 2-week stock of their medications. Unfortunately, for people taking medications for opioid use disorder, this simply may not be possible — without critical federal intervention. 

Suboxone and Subutex are two drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of opiate addiction. Both medications work to eradicate opiates’ influence on the brain, and both medications allow opiate addicted users to stop taking drugs such as heroin (or pills such as OxyContin or Vicodin) without experiencing painful withdrawal

Vox is investigating addiction treatment in America. Here’s our first story. By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com  Sep 3, 2019, 7:00am EDT SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont — Kim Blake keeps a folder in her house, swollen with papers. Each document represents yet another try at helping her son Sean recover from a decade of drug addiction. Some papers are certificates

The study helps show that the drug overdose crisis was fueled by too many opioid painkiller prescriptions.By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com  Jul 9, 2019, 9:30am EDT A new study provides more evidence that America’s ongoing opioid epidemic was fueled by doctors prescribing more painkillers than patients needed — leading to what’s now the deadliest drug overdose crisis in US history. For

In a new study, researchers found being mindful is key to recovering from substance addiction, such as opioid abuse and alcohol abuse. The findings suggest people who suffer from addiction may try activities that increase mindfulness. The team also found that mindfulness could fight against trauma. The research was conducted by researchers from the University