…U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment suggests that methamphetamine availability is high in the U.S., with many states reporting greater availability in recent years. The DEA substantiated…
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…out of 5 also involved fentanyl. (The CDC reported that in 2016, 42,249 overdose deaths involved opioids.) According to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment, the rise…
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…policy statement, “Advancing Racial Justice in Addiction Medicine”. ASAM’s policy statement points out that systemic racism in drug policy is also recognizable in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, “which…
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…the most common substance involved for white, black and Hispanic infants. (In Illinois, infant marijuana exposure is not considered maltreatment according to DCFS policy, though state statute contradicts this policy….
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…antiepileptic drugs entirely, 22 percent reduced their use of these drugs. The researchers write that the findings indicate CBD is an effective tool in seizure reduction and has few significant…
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…questions about the health impacts of policy changes on marijuana. Marijuana use remains illegal federally, but is legal medically in 33 states and the District of Columbia and recreationally in…
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…forthcoming in Injury Prevention. As states across the country move to legalize medical and recreational marijuana, questions about the impacts of these policy changes – including on driving and rates…
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…Approval program to expedite the availability of new drugs that address an otherwise unmet medical need. This allows the FDA to approve drugs quickly by relying on a surrogate endpoint,…
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…center “engaged injecting drug users successfully in drug treatment referral and this was associated with presentation for drug treatment assessment and other health and psychosocial services.” Inability to Access Addiction…
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…contents of food, cosmetics and drugs and barring companies from making false claims about drugs. If the Food and Drug Administration had enforced the law, it would have labelled oxycodone…
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