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Nonconforming Gender Expression and Associated Mental Distress and Substance Use Among High School Students
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2703480 Comment; It’s no surprise that this very base level of nonconformity would cause issues leading to a great deal of angst that would lead to self-medication in an attempt to numb the feelings....
Understanding why some struggle more than others could help us find solutions.
https://www.popsci.com/retrovirus-dna-drug-addiction Comment; Fascinating! A human DNA retrovirus that could be backloading genetic information that predisposes addiction into the genome of some people. What are the predisposing factors/behaviors/genetics? So much...
Medication-assisted treatments in Peoria helping addicts recover from opioid dependency
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180915/medication-assisted-treatments-in-peoria-helping-addicts-recover-from-opioid-dependency Comment; It’s great to see such a well-written article and community taking this approach. It’s not great that there is not enough treatment...
Wisconsin Man Forms Group to Combat Heroin Addiction
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2018-09-08/wisconsin-man-forms-group-to-combat-heroin-addiction Comments; It’s great to see grass-roots efforts tackling this problem at the local street level. Jimpat Schweinsberg formed an online group...
Daily use of marijuana among non-college young adults at all time high
https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2018/09/daily-use-marijuana-among-non-college-young-adults-all-time-high Comment; This is not surprising with the emphasis on legalizing pot for medication use, then for recreational use, then vaping took over and...
Implementing Opioid Agonist Treatment in Correctional Facilities
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2687993 Comment; This will be more costly in the short-term, but there’s a chance that it’ll be less costly in the long-term IF and only if the addicted folks involved are able to be motivated to...
FDA launches new, comprehensive campaign to warn kids about the dangers of e-cigarette use as part of agency’s Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan, amid evidence of sharply rising use among kids
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm620788.htm Comment; Am glad to see that the FDA is also taking this approach and using social media to do so, reaching the youth at their level. In the latest of a series of actions to address the epidemic...
FDA takes new steps to address epidemic of youth e-cigarette use, including a historic action against more than 1,300 retailers and 5 major manufacturers for their roles perpetuating youth access Warning letters and civil money penalty complaints to retailers are largest coordinated enforcement effort in agency history; FDA requests manufacturers provide plan for mitigating youth sales within 60 days; warns it may restrict flavored e-cigarettes to address youth epidemic
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/UCM620184.htm?utm_source=CTPTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ctp-blitzwletters Comment; I’m all for this! I find that appropriately motivated & educated people can use E-Cigarettes as a...
Surgeon General Releases Spotlight on Opioids, Recognizing the Need for Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment
https://www.asam.org/advocacy/news/asam-advocacy-blog/2018/09/20/asam-applauds-the-surgeon-general-s-release-of-facing-addiction-in-america-the-surgeon-general-s-spotlight-on-opioids Comment; It’s good to see that this is being treated so seriously at such high levels...
OxyContin Maker Granted Patent for Opioid-Addiction Treatment Purdue Pharma, which helped create the opioid epidemic, has been granted a patent for a drug that would help clean it up. But should they be allowed to profit from their own mess?
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-patent-opioid-addiction-treatment-722646/ Comment; Color me skeptical. This “new” medication is simply a slightly altered dosage form of what’s been around for well over a decade. I don’t see...
Artists Find Common Ground in the Opioid Crisis
http://www.papermag.com/swanner-douglas-a-little-pill-2602371819.html Comment; Any & every way that we can get the severity and more information about the epidemic and resources to fight it is welcome. Matt Moen 06 September Artists Tyler Swanner and Preston...
Ireland takes aim at prenatal alcohol exposure; “I treat it as the last taboo. I think alcohol is so interwoven into our society it’s hard to know where to begin.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ireland-takes-aim-prenatal-alcohol-exposure-n905671 Comment; From a US perspective, this is astounding to me. I love the phrase heard in AA Meetings that folks will use to describe their heritage; “I’m CIA (Catholic, Irish,...
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