by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2685283 Jonathan M. Davis, MD1,2,3; Jeffrey Shenberger, MD4; Norma Terrin, PhD2,3; et al Importance Although opioids are used to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), the best pharmacologic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-scientists-genes-cannabis.html Radboud University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types and...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/opioids-heroin-injection-sites.html Americans struggling with addiction need treatment and reduced access to deadly drugs. They do not need a taxpayer-sponsored haven to shoot up. By Rod J. Rosenstein Mr. Rosenstein is the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/19/inside-addiction-treatment-clinic-where-walk-ins-are-welcome/yqNDBNKHytmBcmzmZLsVGL/story.html Felice J. Freyer OTC Clinician Kathy Belanger (center) worked with Dawn Wahl and her son Michael Wahl, of Fall River, at the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Some hospital emergency departments are giving people medicine for withdrawal, plugging a hole in a system that too often fails to provide immediate treatment. Abby Goodnough SUBSCRIBE NOWLOG IN Image Dr. Andrew Herring of Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., left,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/20/17759820/marijuana-addiction-cannabis-use-disorder-legalization There are real concerns with marijuana addiction. That doesn’t mean legalization is a bad idea. By German Lopez R.J. Sangosti/Denver Post via Getty Images...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dan-bigg-heroin-obituary-20180821-story.html John Keilman Dan Bigg and Petra Hranova of the Chicago Recovery Alliance chat with an addict outside the organization’s van. The van is loaded with clean...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-opioid-users-treatment-medicaid-expansion.html Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—The expansion of Medicaid that came along with the Affordable Care Act has made it easier for some opioid users to get treatment, new...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6731a1.htm?s_cid=mm6731a1_w Sarah C. Haight, MPH1,2; Jean Y. Ko, PhD1,3; Van T. Tong, MPH1; Michele K. Bohm, MPH4; William M. Callaghan, MD1 Summary What is already known about this topic? National rates of opioid use disorder...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment Bill Haning MD EDITORIAL COMMENT: Contagion This promised comment on contagion follows on the August 21 editorial comments, about market forces in the distribution of drugs....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1803626 Yang Hu, S.M., Geng Zong, Ph.D., Gang Liu, Ph.D., Molin Wang, Ph.D., Bernard Rosner, Ph.D., An Pan, Ph.D., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., and Qi Sun, M.D.,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://projects.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-opioid-epidemic/ems-workers-are-on-the-front-lines-of-the-opioid-epidemic-heres-how-they-cope.html BRITTANY HAILER Pittsburgh District Chiefs Jennifer McDermott-Grubb and Jeffrey Meyer at the Pittsburgh EMS Headquarters in...
