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For the first time researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high amounts of alcohol exhibited poor decision-making during a complex task...

Veterans face a significantly heightened risk of dying from opioid overdose—a trend that has steadily worsened over the past two decades. Between 2010 and 2019, male veterans experienced a 61.2% increase in the risk of overdose death. Notably, this sharp rise was not...

A study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that nearly one in five U.S. adults have used multiple drugs in the past year, showing that substance use is fairly common and more complex than just using one drug at a time. The...

The authors note that some persons using opioids also use psychostimulants (amphetamines or similar) or cocaine to reduce sedation and improve workplace performance. They used vital statistics data (with cause of death and occupation information) to identify 69,893...

Young adults—particularly college students—are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in heavy drinking and experience alcohol-related consequences. The consequences of heavy drinking—which is defined as four or more drinks per occasion for women and...