Drug Addiction

Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood

By thespecimennews on April 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

NIH-funded study shows screening for substance use disorder in teens may help predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose.

Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend

By thespecimennews on February 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

Nearly 92,000 people died from drug overdoses overall in the U.S. in 2020, representing the largest increase ever recorded in a calendar year and reflects a nearly five-fold increase in the rate of overdose deaths since 1999.

NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings

By thespecimennews on July 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in criminal justice settings in the US.

Project to deter opioid tampering wins top Addiction Science Award

By thespecimennews on May 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

A 14-year-old’s innovative approach to prevent tampering and misuse of opioid pills won a first place Addiction Science Award at the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)—the world’s largest science competition for high school students.