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Legacy of federal opioid intervention: communities equipped to act

a child standing alone, with a shadow of an adult figure behind them fading away, symbolizing the loss of a parent to drug overdose.

Over 320,000 U.S. Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose From 2011-2021

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More than 11% of U.S. 12th graders used psychoactive delta-8-THC last year, study finds

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Magnetic Brain Stimulation a Promising Treatment for Vets with Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression

Nitrous Oxide Effects Are Reversible With Early Treatment

Nitrous Oxide Effects Are Reversible With Early Treatment

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Higher temps, climate change may contribute to rising drug, alcohol disorders

A simplified schema of the four waves of the US overdose mortality crisis. Waves 1 and 2 include deaths involving commonly prescribed opioids, and heroin, respectively, but excluding fentanyl co-involved deaths. Wave 3 and Wave 4 show fentanyl deaths not involving, and involving, stimulants respectively as distinct trends. Data from CDC WONDER.

The fourth wave of the US overdose crisis: fentanyl and stimulants

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Legal recreational cannabis use and binge drinking is on the rise for older adults

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Men at Higher Risk of Overdose Deaths than Women in the US

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Extensive Study Reveals Strong Link Between Cannabis Use Disorder and Mental Disorders

Understanding How Alcohol Policies Impact Public Health

Father and daughter in Afghanistan

New economies – not top-down wars on drugs – are the solution in Colombia, Afghanistan and Myanmar

The vial in which the psilocybin capsules are delivered to the School of Pharmacy for clinical research. SALLY GRIFFITH-OH

First-in-kind psychedelic trials treat opioid and methamphetamine use disorders

Teen smoking

Youth are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase

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