by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.inquirer.com/health/marijuana-addiction-adolescents-psychosis-abuse-vaping-penn-state-20191223.html Comment; The younger it’s started the worse it is, psychosis more likely in those with genetic predisposition, potency of pot today is up to 30% THC...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/11/15/with-safe-injection-sites-somebody-has-to-go-first-it-could-be-philadelphia?fbclid=IwAR2FHwltz7yPte8M1ea8oEDdW13_lq11LpOQXEZBcvoIH8QiFQsPiO7KUWY Comment; Controversial topic, am not totally...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 Comment; Brief summary of how Purdue Pharma and the Stackler family in particular essentially single-handedly caused the North American opioid epidemic through misleading information presented to the US Medical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2737641 Comment; An ongoing necropsy of the opioid epidemic–yet we now know that most opioid abuse is due to “street” drugs, not prescribed pharmaceuticals. Lorraine...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05176-3 Comment; interesting concept, sensible–most folks start drug use while young, “school’s out for summer” means more free time for mischief…
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2147 Comment; In the US gabapentinoid abuse is widely under-appreciated. This study clearly denotes that it’s a problem. What will be the impact developmentally on these young abusers? Time and studies will tell, more to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Poverty_and_Excess_Length_of_Hospital_Stay_in.99347.aspx Comment; This mirrors my experience as well. Poverty is a risk factor for increased length of stay due to neonatal withdrawal syndrome....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2734336 Comment; Stimulant effect at low doses, opioid effect at high doses. Stimulants are generally the most addicting substances, take a bit more, opioid effect & respiratory depression–to say nothing of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6730a2.htm?s_cid=mm6730a2_w Tharwat El Zahran, MD1,2; Joshua Schier, MD1,2; Emily Glidden, MPH1; Stephanie Kieszak, MPH1; Royal Law, PhD1; Edward Bottei, MD3; Cynthia Aaron, MD4; Andrew King, MD4; Arthur Chang, MD1 Top...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/7/27/17619750/drug-testing-job-market-marijuana-opioids-cost-benefit Mark A.R. Kleiman Testing urine for traces of drugs. Photofusion/UIG/Getty Images Outside contributors’ opinions and analysis of the most important issues...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/body-work/when-raised-among-drug-and-alcohol-abuse-what-makes-some-teens-resilient Kevin Joy Kids with a family history of substance use are likely to mimic those behaviors. A Michigan Medicine researcher studied their brain activity to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://news.doximity.com/entries/11612578?authenticated=false J. WESLEY BOYD, MD, PHD | PHYSICIAN a physician has a substance use or mental health problem, it is in everyone’s interest — the physicians themselves, their patients and their families — for them to get...
