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