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Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
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Despite decline, smoking cessation efforts still critical for people with substance use or other psychiatric disorders
Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
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Screening for substance use disorder in teens may predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose
Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
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NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use
NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
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Better characterizing clinical features of self-injury is critical to provide support and effective treatments
Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
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Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs
Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
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Study emphasizes the importance of screening for suicidality and providing treatment to people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders
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15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health
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Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
NIDA in the News
The opioid epidemic: Is pharma doing enough to develop treatment for the crisis?
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Pharmaceutical Technology, By Adam Zamecnik
Nora D. Volkow, MD: Combating COVID-era issues in substance use disorder
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HCPLive, By Kevin Kunzmann
‘They’re not trying to die’: How drug checking aims to protect users in a messy market
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The Los Angeles Times, By Emily Alpert Reyes
Fentanyl tainted pills bought on social media cause youth drug deaths to soar
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The New York Times, By Jan Hoffman
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