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Two Crises In One: As Drug Use Rises, So Does Syphilis

By Anna Gorman, California Healthline Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears

February 10, 2019 Alcohol

Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine? No you won’t says new study

“Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine,” the saying goes. “Wine before beer and you’ll feel queer.” True? No. It’s the amount you drink that gives you a hangover.

January 24, 2019 Child Health / Drugs / Mental Health / Substance Abuse

‘Recovery High” for Seattle students with addictions

The Seattle public school, known as a recovery school, is designed for students learning to lead lives of sobriety while they earn their diplomas.

January 23, 2019 Alcohol / Hepatitis / Liver / Transplantation

Alcohol-Linked Disease Overtakes Hep C As Top Reason For Liver Transplant

One reason for the shift, researchers said, is that hepatitis C, which used to be the leading cause of liver transplants, has become easier to treat with drugs.

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA

January 18, 2019 Opioids / Painkillers / Substance Abuse

Officials warn drug users to beware after overdoses rise in north Seattle

Seven overdoses were reported January 17th. Some victims reported injecting heroin and others snorting a crushed pill that may have been fentanyl.

January 9, 2019 Addiction / Biotechnology / Opioids / Substance Abuse

Are you OK? Cellphone app detects opioid overdose

The app, called Second Chance, detects overdose-related symptoms about 90 percent of the time by tracking your breathing and movement.

January 7, 2019 Opioids / Painkillers / Substance Abuse

Drug users seeking out deadly opioid fentanyl

More than half of drug users in San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin district say they purposely seek fentanyl, despite its dangers

November 29, 2018 Addiction / Drugs / Mental Health / Substance Abuse

Kim Kardashian West and ecstasy: A reminder of the social dangers of the drug

“I did ecstasy once, and I got married … I did it again, I made a sex tape … like, everything bad would happen.”

November 16, 2018 Substance Abuse

FDA Restricts Flavored E-Cigarette Sales to Stem Surging Underage Use

Instead of banning sugary-flavored e-cigarettes, the FDA proposes to limit sales to areas in convenience stores and other retail outlets that require an ID.

November 14, 2018 Opioids / Painkillers / Pregnancy / Substance Abuse / Women's Health

Childbirth in the Age of Addiction

While most mothers who get a bottle of pain pills when leaving the hospital won’t develop dependence or an addiction, some will.

October 19, 2018 Alcohol / Injury Prevention

Utah’s Tough New DUI Law Brings Controversy

Utah will become the first state to make it illegal to drive with a blood alcohol level of .05 or higher, rather than the .08 standard that every other state.

October 17, 2018 Addiction / Opioids / Substance Abuse

How Fentanyl Changes the Opioid Equation

With lethal amounts of fentanyl showing up in heroin and other drugs throughout the country, active drug users are at a greater risk of dying than ever before

October 3, 2018 Drugs / Health News / Opioids / Substance Abuse

VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

The VA is adding naloxone kits to AED cabinets in its buildings across the country, an initiative that could become a model for other health care organizations.