Updates

National Alcohol Awareness Month is coming up in April. Drinking too much can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use increases your risk of injuries, violence, heart disease, some cancers, and other chronic diseases. In 2022, there were roughly 6,000 deaths due to...

In this article, the authors discuss the pharmacokinetics, effects, and potential toxicity of kratom. Kratom contains 40 alkaloids, primarily mitragynine, and these alkaloids bind to opioid, serotonin, and adrenergic receptors. Anecdotally, kratom has been used to...

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on ED visits for overdose reports. Suspected Overdose Deaths There were 332...

Anxiety and substance use disorders are prevalent and frequently co-occur, with prior evidence suggesting anxiety precedes and often predicts substance use disorders (SUD). In this study, researchers examined the prevalence of substance use in a follow-up study of the...

As drug deaths surged above 112,000 a year in the U.S., driven by the spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, addiction experts have pointed to a troubling paradox. Proven medications, including methadone, have been shown to save lives, cutting the risk of relapses...