According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), middle-aged Americans are smoking weed more than teenagers for the first time since 2002 (Kim, 2016). The CDC report analyzed data ...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced findings from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). According to a press conference held to discuss some of the ...
The Probuphine implant was approved by the FDA in May 2016 and is now being used by patients in Vermont who have mixed feelings about its efficacy and usage. The implant is inserted into ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently responded to petitions calling for marijuana to be moved from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance by stating its refusal. According to a letter DEA Acting ...
The University of Colorado-Boulder’s Collegiate Recovery Center has recently started holding meetings for students suffering from technology addiction. The support meetings began last spring with about five to twelve college students in attendance. “The ...
A recent study conducted at UCLA noted that a “mindfulness-based relapse prevention” program was effective for people suffering from addiction to methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants (Olds, 2016). The study examined sixty-three participants who ...
AppliedVR, a startup company, teamed up with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for a study that found patients’ pain was reduced by an average of 24 percent after twenty minutes of using AppliedVR’s virtual reality software (Konow, ...
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York recently signed bills for 270 new treatment beds in the state and for $10.5 million in funding to six new recovery centers (Olds, 2016). New York State Office ...
An Indiana-based company has developed a device “that aims to remove physical pain for opiate addicts during detox and withdrawal” (Olds, 2016). The BRIDGE device, designed by Innovative Health Solutions (IHS), “targets cranial nerves ...
A recent poll in Maine shows that six out of ten residents were “personally affected” by the opiate crisis occurring in the US. The poll was taken by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram ...
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