Additional research necessary to parse potential benefits and harms of video games on the developing brain
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Spironolactone may play a role in reducing alcohol drinking
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Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children that persist into early adolescence
Results add to scientific evidence of negative health effects of cannabis use during pregnancy
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Increased Use of Telehealth for OUD Services During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Reduced Risk of Overdose
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Study findings support value of expanding use of telehealth services for opioid use disorder-related care
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NIH-supported study also found past-month vaping levels rebound after early pandemic drop.
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Percentage of overdose deaths involving methadone declined between January 2019 and August 2021
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National data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms
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NIH scientists identify new brain mechanism involved in impulsive cocaine-seeking in rats
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Muscarinic acetylcholine M2 receptors regulate lateral habenula neuron activity and control cocaine seeking behavior
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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NIH-supported study also found girls were at higher risk for stress, anxiety, and depression than boys
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Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction
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Data from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) support providing this treatment in justice settings
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