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(NIDA) Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of famous rockers Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, recently acknowledged that she's in recovery from addiction.
(Reuters Health, March 6) – Non-opioid painkillers – like Acetaminophen and ibuprofen – are just about as effective for back, knee, or hip pain as opioids, according to a new study.
Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rose 30 percent across the United States between July 2016 and September 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(Circa, March 8) About a third of patients between 10 and 19 years old (members of so-called Generation Z) are getting their opioid prescriptions from dentists, according to new guidelines for prescribing opioids.
(The Washington Post, February 6) Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory about the deadly risks of the botanical substance kratom.
(USA Today, February 7) According to a recent report, life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped for the second year in a row. Drugs, alcohol and suicides are behind the decrease.
(CNN, January 17) According to a recent study, the use of weed or tobacco cigarettes is connected to the increased risk of psychotic-like experiences, which could include hallucinations or delusions.