January is National Substance Use Disorder Treatment month, a time to raise awareness about effective treatments, and reduce ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A new study suggests that medications like Ozempic could help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance abuse disorders. Dr. Fatima Cody ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . GIP agonists and GLP-1RAs were tied to lower rates of opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication. The data suggest ...

The large study analyzed the health records of 1.3 million people. A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may help ...

Early studies suggest GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may reduce cravings for alcohol and other addictive substances.

All safe consumption sites should receive government funding for supervised inhalation. This way, the growing number of people who inhale substances will be closer to the help they need in case of ...

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; 2023), more than 1 in 9 of American adults (11.8 percent) believe they have ever had a problem with alcohol or other ...

Have you heard of this strange phenomenon that leads some people to feel the effects of intoxication without having consumed ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Social work students at the University of Oklahoma offer solutions and calls to action amid state's growing substance abuse ...

Southeast Public Health is warning residents about opioids that were detected in a recent cocaine drug sample. The discovery ...