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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Here's How Much Each Popular Drug Impacts Your Chances of Having a Stroke

Recreational drugs significantly increase stroke risk, with amphetamines raising risk by 122%, cocaine by 96%, and cannabis by 37%.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago

Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction? A new study hints at their potential

GLP-1 medications reduce risk of all substance use disorders including alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, opioids, and cocaine, while decreasing drug-related overdoses and deaths.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Substance Use Disorders

Fibromyalgia's abnormal pain processing and shared brain pathways with addiction create vulnerability to substance use disorders, with approximately 40% of chronic pain patients meeting SUD criteria.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Very Different Psychiatric Diagnoses Share Common Genes

Alcohol, cannabis, opioid, and nicotine use disorders share substantial genetic liability and cluster together as a single brain disorder, supporting a unified addiction-liability.
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fromMedscape
9 months ago

Craving management workshops and peer-led support are helping French prisons reframe addiction as a healthcare issue.

Across France, various initiatives have emerged to improve addiction care in correctional settings, indicating a growing recognition of the importance of addressing substance use disorders among incarcerated populations.
France politics
Cannabis
fromNature
10 months ago

Don't feel the pain - these brain cells help with managing opioid withdrawal

Neurons linked to substance-use disorders can modulate pain perception during opioid withdrawal.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
10 months ago

Are Substance Use Disorders More than Addiction?

Neurodiversity includes diverse neurological experiences, and substance use is a complex coping mechanism that doesn't universally categorize individuals as neurodivergent.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 months ago

Letters: To honor mothers, do more to stem overdose deaths

The societal approach to substance use needs to shift from punishment to compassion to effectively reduce overdose deaths.
There is a pressing need for regulation of harmful chemicals in food packaging to protect public health.
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