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Jul 15, 20231 min read
Should Students Carry Naloxone? AMA Members Debate Policy Stance
CHICAGO -- Should students be allowed to carry naloxone (Narcan)? Is the height of the border wall a health issue? Can connecting...

Jul 15, 20231 min read
Adverse childhood experiences are 'strong predictor' for adolescent cannabis use
Young people who are exposed to adverse childhood experiences between the ages of 0—12 years, including parental drug misuse, are at...

Jul 15, 20231 min read
What is long-term cannabis use doing to our brains?
Is cannabis as harmless as some would think? A March 2022 study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests otherwise for...


Jul 15, 20231 min read
Men died of overdose at 2-3 times greater a rate than women in the U.S. in 2020-2021
National data show need for more research into the factors underlying differences in sex-based vulnerability to drug use Men were...

Jul 11, 20231 min read
U.S. Overdose Deaths Remain Higher Than in Other Countries — How Harm-Reduction Programs Could Help
Drug overdose deaths in the United States have jumped 50 percent since 2019. Recently released provisional data show they likely claimed...

Jul 11, 20231 min read
A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again
Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to...

Jul 11, 20231 min read
CSMAS signals its support for removing cannabis from banned drug list and drug-testing protocols
The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports signaled its support for removing cannabis from the...

Jul 11, 20231 min read
Opinions | 1940s Mexico has a lesson for how the U.S. can tackle drug addiction
Policies that treat drugs as an issue of public health — not just a criminal justice problem — are increasingly receiving bipartisan...

Jul 11, 20231 min read
FDA Issues First Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new draft guidance to highlight fundamental considerations to researchers...
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