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Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...
Le procedure chirurgiche aumentano il rischio di dipendenza da oppioidi?
Un nuovo studio ha scoperto che avere un intervento chirurgico può esporre i pazienti a un rischio più elevato di sviluppare dipendenza da oppioidi a lungo termine. Secondo l'indagine, circa il 6% delle persone che non avevano assunto...
New Resources from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a number of new resources.
These are aimed at those working within the criminal justice system and other environments where people in recovery from drug addiction are ready to...
Possiamo "spegnere" il nostro bisogno di bere alcolici?
Una nuova ricerca condotta da scienziati dello Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) può portare allo sviluppo di trattamenti personalizzati per la dipendenza da alcol. Lo studio ha valutato come le risposte delle persone nel cervello...
Marijuana Linked to Cardiovascular Problems
Marijuana use may increase the risk of stroke and heart failure.
This was concluded to be the case even after accounting for demographic and lifestyle risk factors, as well as other health conditions.
The new findings on the potential...
La cocaina provoca citotossicità autofagica tramite una cascata di segnalazione di ossido nitrico-GAPDH
Astratto
La cocaina esercita i suoi effetti stimolanti comportamentali facilitando le azioni sinaptiche dei neurotrasmettitori come la dopamina e la serotonina. È anche neurotossico e ampiamente citotossico, portando a morti per overdose...
New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
Should Opioid Dependent Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medical Treatment?
New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found through a comparison of treatment approaches for opioid dependence that, in an emergency setting, combining the medication buprenorphine with on-going care is...
Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
What is added by this report?
Approximately two...
Fumare sigarette aumenta la possibilità di ricaduta nell'uso illegale di sostanze?
Tra le persone che si stanno riprendendo dai disturbi da uso di sostanze, coloro che fumano hanno maggiori probabilità di ricadere tre anni dopo rispetto a quelli che non lo fanno, secondo i nuovi risultati pubblicati su The Journal of...
Drugs on the Brain: Substance Use and Neurotransmission
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published an extended overview detailing the impact of certain drugs on brain functioning, as well as the most common experimental methods used in related research.
Neuroscientists...
Are Youngsters in Foster Care More Likely to Use Substances?
New research from Cardiff University has found:
- Weekly smoking rates among 11 - 16-year-olds in foster care are almost 8 times higher when compared to those reported by youngsters of the same age who live with both their parents.
- Weekl...
Tweet2Quit: The Social Media Intervention Helping People to Quit Smoking
The social media quit-smoking intervention – Tweet2Quit – sends automated daily communications to private self-help groups, encouraging high-quality peer-to-peer discussions online. It is very low cost and has a potential global reach.
A...
Overdose Antidote Takes Harm-Reduction Centre Stage
One of our selection of hot topics, analyses of important issues which sometimes generate heated debate. Programmes distributing the opiate overdose antidote naloxone have become the great new hope for curbing the rise in drug-related...
Clinical Application of Cultural Elements for Hispanic and Latino Populations
This manual is designed to teach cultural competence concepts, values, and strategies for engagement and treatment with Hispanics and Latinos with substance use disorders (SUD). The manual introduces a basic understanding of cultural...
La qualità dell'implementazione del trattamento farmacologico comportamentale determina il suo successo
La gestione delle contingenze (CM) è una terapia comportamentale ampiamente utilizzata per i disturbi da uso di sostanze. Offre ricompense materiali per la partecipazione alle sessioni e l'adesione ai corsi di farmaci prescritti, tra gli...
Salute mentale e uso di cannabinoidi sintetici
Recentemente pubblicato sulla rivista Pediatrics, il primo studio prospettico sui cannabinoidi sintetici (SC) – sostanze chimiche che imitano gli effetti della marijuana – collega i sintomi depressivi e il consumo di marijuana e alcol con...
Highs and Lows: Substance Use and Academic Performance
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, US college students who consume medium-to-high levels of alcohol and marijuana have a consistently lower grade point average (GPA).
The investigation compared...
Uno sviluppo scientifico per il trattamento della dipendenza da cocaina?
Un nuovo studio pubblicato sulla rivista Biological Psychiatry afferma che il desiderio di cocaina può essere ridotto bloccando la segnalazione da un sistema specifico nel cervello principalmente responsabile della promozione della veglia e...
Emotional Abuse during Childhood Linked to Future Opioid Use
Recently published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, a new study claims the existence of a link between childhood abuse and opioid use later in life.
According to the investigation, emotional abuse, specifically, more so than sexual or...