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SAMHSA Announces $930 Million Funding Opportunity to Combat the Opioid Crisis
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is now accepting applications for $930 million in State Opioid Response Grants. SAMHSA will...
Global Statistics on Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drug Use: 2017 Status Report
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Aims
This review provides an up‐to‐date curated source of information on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use and their associated mortality and burden of disease. Limitations in the data are also discussed, including how...
Ibogaine Treatment Outcomes for Opioid Dependence from a Twelve-Month Follow-Up Observational Study
ABSTRACT
Background: The psychoactive indole alkaloid ibogaine has been associated with encouraging treatment outcomes for opioid dependence. The legal status of ibogaine in New Zealand provides a unique opportunity to evaluate...
Toxicokinetics of Ibogaine and Noribogaine in a Patient with Prolonged Multiple Cardiac Arrhythmias after Ingestion of Internet Purchased Ibogaine
Abstract
Background: Ibogaine is an agent that has been evaluated as an unapproved anti-addictive agent for the management of drug dependence. Sudden cardiac death has been described to occur secondary to its use. We describe the...
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder with Ibogaine: Detoxification and Drug Use Outcomes
ABSTRACT
Background: Ibogaine is a monoterpene indole alkaloid used in medical and nonmedical settings for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Its mechanism of action is apparently novel. There are no published prospective studies of...
Study on Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in Older Adults in Mexico City
This study aimed to report on the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and medical drugs used outside of prescription among seniors enrolled in the food pension program Hai-DF in Mexico City.
Seek quality treatment for substance use disorders
This fact sheet can be used as a guide for people seeking mental health treatment. It offers three steps to carry out before using a treatment center, as well as the five signs of a treatment center of quality, which includes reviewing the...
Viajes Sintéticos: Estudio sobre uso de drogas de síntesis en el Uruguay contemporáneo
Análisis del fenómeno del consumo de drogas sintéticas a partir de la información surgida de la investigación y compilación de datos científicos.
Más de la mitad de los jóvenes tienen una relación de dependencia con los móviles
Los resultados de un estudio en el que han participado 1.276 personas de 80 países diferentes, todas ellas residentes en España o en países hispanohablantes, apuntan a que más de la mitad de los menores de 18 años experimentan problemas...
European Drug Report 2018
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released their latest European Drugs report.
Covering 30 European countries the report explores drug trends, developments in prevention and treatment, public health...
Caribbean Drug Prevention, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Gang and Youth Violence Focused Institutions
The Directory of drug prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and gang and youth violence focused institutions in the English-Speaking Caribbean was compiled from the results of an agency mapping exercise conducted for the CICAD/OAS Training...
Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Drug Overdose Deaths
A infographic resource from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) exploring the drug related death statistics relating to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids reported in the United States.
With nearly 50% of opioid related deaths...
Using Technology in the Field of Substance Use
This special news article is focused on all things digital - exploring e-health, d-health, m-health and u-health.
A Mobile Phone-Based Life Skills Training Program for Substance Use Prevention Among Adolescents
Researchers from universities in Germany and Switzerland have explored the use of m-health in substance use prevention in adolescents.
Through the implementation of a fully-automated programme, ready4life, generic life skills training...
Virtual Reality Cue Refusal Video Game for Alcohol and Cigarette Recovery Support: Summative Study
A study implementing the use of virtual reality to explore addition and recovery has been published by a team of researchers connected to Clinical Tools, Inc. Clinical Tools is based in the USA with work combining medicine, science, and...
Sideal Spanish Language App for Alcohol Use
Sideal is a self-help app available in Spanish for people experiencing alcohol dependance. The app offers advice on reducing consumption and abstinence.
The app can be used to set and track goals that someone has set for themselves or...
Pennsylvania Hospital Becomes OUD Treatment Model after Working with PCSS during Pilot Program
Hanover Hospital and its affiliated healthcare clinics has become a model for how a healthcare system that is fully engaged in embracing evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorders can make significant change.
A little more than a...
A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Whether financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) promote smoking cessation among unselected smokers is unknown.
METHODS
We randomly assigned smokers employed by...
Treat Addiction Like Cancer
Likewise cancer, addiction is a complex disease that requires being addressed by an integral, balanced and multidisciplinary approach. Currently, within the healthcare systems, there are available treatment options for cancer that are...
There’s an Opioid Abuse Problem Unfolding in African Cities and It’s Not Getting the Attention It Needs
An opioid crisis is spreading throughout Africa. This comprehensive article traces consumption of tramadol across the continent, focusing on the scenario in various African countries in addition to the complexities of deciding on how to...
