Substance Abuse Care

Overdose Deaths Increased in Postpartum Women from 2018 to 2021

December 1, 2023 - A report published last week in JAMA Psychiatry revealed changing patterns in overdose deaths among postpartum women. The study — funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — found a significant increase in postpartum overdose deaths among specific subgroups. The...

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by Veronica Salib

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by Hayden Schmidt

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by Veronica Salib

In collaboration with the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health (DPH), researchers at the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) have tested xylazine test strips to...

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by Veronica Salib

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Overdose Deaths Spike for Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Hayden Schmidt

A study released by JAMA Tuesday found that drug overdose deaths of pregnant and recently pregnant people rose rapidly during the first year of the pandemic.   Researchers from Columbia...

US Life Expectancy Lags behind European Countries

by Veronica Salib

In a recent article published in Nature Human Behavior, researchers looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted life expectancy. It’s abundantly clear that COVID — especially in the early...

Young Adults Increase Their Use of Hallucinogenic Controlled Substances

by Hayden Schmidt

According to a recent NIH panel study, 8% of young adults in the United States reported using a hallucinogenic drug in the past year. In 2021, people aged 19–30 reported increased usage of LSD,...

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