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23 Dec
An increasing number of dogs and cats are being exposed to cocaine and methamphetamine left out in their owners’ homes, new study finds.
America’s opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says.
Drug overdose deaths (OD) decreased by 4% between 2022 and 2023, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.
The overall OD death rate fell from 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 to 31.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2023...
Rates of vaping, drug and alcohol use among American teens plummeted during the pandemic and have remained at relatively low levels ever since, new government statistics show.
“This trend in the reduction of substance use among teenagers is unprecedented,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, who directs th...
Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found.
About 11% of patients admitted to intensive cardiac care units have been using recreational drugs, said researcher Dr. Raphael Mirail...
The "fourth wave" of the U.S. overdose crisis involves the use of illicit fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamine, and it's killing people in droves.
The proportion of U.S. overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants jumped by more than 50-fold since 2010, from 0.6% in 2010 to more than 32% in 2021, a new study shows.
"Fatal overdose involvi...