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Past-year use of marijuana and hallucinogens, as well as binge drinking rates, for adults between the ages of 35 and 50 reached all-time highs in 2022, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Two-thirds of adults in the US say they or a family member have been addicted to alcohol or drugs,
Two-thirds of adults in the US say they or a family member have been addicted to alcohol or drugs,...
...experienced homelessness due to addiction, or experienced an overdose that led to an emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death, according to research published this week by KFF. This figure includes 19% who say they personally have met the same criteria.
Last November, the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, MD, announced the release of the first-ever report on substance use, abuse and addiction.
Dr Murthy had declared in the month preceding the release: “We are going to stop treating addiction as a moral failing, and start seeing it for what it is: a chronic disease that must be treated with urgency and compassion.”
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report indicates that since 1999, over 165,000 people have died from prescription opioids, prompting the CDC to tackle this public health issue with new guidelines for opioid prescribing in chronic pain. Here is one story of risk, withdrawal and addiction:
According to information from studies and in PsychCongress.com for substance abuse and addiction: