More Substance Use News and Updates

Numerous chances for care providers to identify alcohol misuse going unnoticed, researchers say.

Better sleep habits indirectly reduced hazardous drinking among adults between the ages of 21 and 29, and reduced drinking was linked with improved sleep, according to a Penn State University study.

Moderate average drinkers with a pattern of engaging in binge drinking were found to be almost 5 times more likely to experience multiple alcohol-related problems, compared with individuals who drink the same amount overall but don’t binge.

COVID-19-related changes to buprenorphine prescribing guidelines improved opioid use disorder patient outcomes, according to Drexel University researchers.

While a majority of Americans said their mood overall has stabilized since January, nearly 1 in 5 said they have increased their alcohol consumption or smoking, according to recent study data.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked with increased rates of alcohol misuse, mental health concerns, anxiety, and depression, according to research recently published online in Scientific Reports.

Outpatient mental health and substance use visits among physicians increased substantially during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a population-level cohort study of physicians in Ontario, Canada. Researchers published...

Three weekly ketamine infusions were associated with more days of alcohol abstinence at a 6-month follow-up in patients with severe alcohol use disorder, according to a double-blind, phase 2 trial published in the American Journal of...

In-hospital addiction medicine consultations appear to reduce deaths among patients with substance use disorder, according to study results published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.