Maine Could Eliminate Residential Treatment
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Budget cuts in Maine may soon force the closure of 10 out of 13 residential treatment centers, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported March 9.
Maine governor Paul Le Page is proposing to cut $5.6 million from the states substance abuse treatment programs. Most treatment providers say the cuts will be so deep that they will have to stop operating.
Its the classic pennywise-pound foolish, because we treat people at less than half the cost of the corrections community, said Roger Prince of Serenity House, a substance abuse treatment program that is over 40 years old.
So what do we want…
An Early Age at First Drink Combined With Stressfu…
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Both animal and human research suggest that an early age at first drink (AFD) may lead to greater stress-induced drinking. This study examined possible interactions between AFD and stressful life events, and whether these interactions would have an impact on drinking patterns during young adulthood. The findings suggest than an early AFD may indeed be a risk factor for later heavy drinking when precipitated by a number of stressful life events.
Results will be published in the June 2011 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View.
It has long been known that an early beginning…
Young adults appear to be the group showing the gr…
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[Medical News Today] Young adults appear to be the group showing the greatest increase in drug use according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In addition, according to the new study, the increase has largely been driven by more marijuana use and there are the numbers to prove it. In fact, in 2010 some 17.4 million Americans were using marijuana, compared with 14.4 million in 2007, the researchers found. This is an increase in the rate of marijuana use from 5.8% in 2007 to 6.9% in 2010. Peter J
Original Article: Young Adults See Biggest Rise In Drug Use; Marijuana Still Gateway
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IDUs More Likely to Use Diverted Buprenorphine/Na…
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The motivation for using diverted buprenorphine/naloxone varies significantly between injecting drug
users (IDUs) and non-IDUs, according to data from a study of self-reported adult opioid users in
Providence, Rhode Island. Overall, approximately three-fourths (76%) of opioid users reported obtaining
buprenorphine/naloxone illicitly. IDUs were significantly more likely than non-IDUs to report using
diverted buprenorphine/naloxone for self-medication reasons, such as to reduce withdrawal symptoms or to
self-treat opioid addiction (see figure below). In contrast, non-IDUs were significantly more likely than
IDUs to report using diverted…
Treatment Gains Favo…
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States Rethink Drug Laws
A growing number of states are renouncing some of the long prison sentences that have been a hallmark of the war on drugs and instead focusing on treatment, which once-skeptical lawmakers now say is proven to be less expensive and more effective.
Kentucky on…
Drug Addiction And C…
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A study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrated that drug addicted individuals who have a certain genetic makeup have lower gray matter density and therefore fewer neurons in areas of the brain that are essential…
Doctors Lax in Monit…
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ScienceDaily Few primary care physicians pay adequate attention to patients taking prescription opioid drugs despite the potential for abuse, addiction and overdose, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
The…
Major report release…
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Press Release: University of Otago
New Zealand families living with other members suffering from addiction is the focus of a report just released by the Families Commission and carried out by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington.
This is the first time such an extensive…
Mechanism Links Subs…
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It is well established that a mood disorder can increase an individuals risk for substance abuse, but there is also evidence that the converse is true; substance abuse can increase a persons vulnerability to stress-related illnesses. Now, a new study finds that repeated cocaine…
