Addiction News

Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. It is a time to remember those lost to substance use disorders and addiction, particularly as the United States and countries around the globe grapple with the opioid crisis.

Among patients admitted to the cardiac ICU, those engaging in recreational drug use were almost three times as likely to experience a repeat serious CV event within 1 year compared with nonusers, researchers reported.

Adults assigned to an evening of binge drinking alcohol experienced elevations in heart rate and sympathetic transduction to blood pressure the following morning, researchers reported.

Vaping devices with games are creating an even bigger challenge when it comes to convincing adolescents not to vape, posing dangers of nicotine addiction and gaming disorder, according to a press release.

The measured amount of 6-methylnicotine, a nicotine analog, was 87% to 88% less than the amount on the label for all nine flavors of the Spree Bar e-cigarette, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Medicine was an interesting thought as I was growing up with no medical people in my family.

U.S. cancer centers often ask patients about smoking status, but results of an online survey revealed critical gaps in efforts to help patients quit.

Receiving daily text messages as part of an e-cigarette cessation intervention led to a larger vaping abstinence rate at 7 months vs. a control treatment in adolescents, according to results published in JAMA.

A new study provides the first evidence that illicit fentanyl use may play a role in hepatitis C transmission among injection drug users, according to researchers.