Controlled Substances News
May 16, 2024
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May 8, 2024 When breastfeeding mothers in a recent study used cannabis, its psychoactive component THC showed up in the milk they produced. The research also found that, unlike alcohol, when THC was detected in milk there was no consistent time when its ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Researchers have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing ...
Feb. 27, 2024 A new study of 300 people with anxiety shows that the nonintoxicating compound, CBD, found in cannabis can quell anxiety better than THC-dominant products -- and without the ...
Feb. 28, 2024 More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new ...
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May 7, 2024 A sharp rise in exposures to synthetic cannabis products among youth -- some leading to hospitalization -- highlights the need for increased ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Researchers have combined computational and microbiology laboratory approaches to identify existing drugs that can be repurposed to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. This research has ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Approximately 11% of 12th-grade students across the United States reported past-year use of delta-8- tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC, or delta-8 for short), according to an analysis of data from ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Taking 'study drugs' like Adderall without a diagnosis is not only dangerous in itself, but can lead to other drug use and a decline in mental health, according to new ...
Feb. 28, 2024 New research provides new insights into the brain processes underlying cocaine addiction. The findings are crucial for developing new therapeutics and identifying an imaging marker for cocaine use ...
Feb. 13, 2024 People using anabolic steroids could be increasing their underlying risk of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, according to a new ...
Jan. 3, 2024 Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time that a person's beliefs related to drugs can influence their own brain activity and behavioral responses in a way comparable to the ...
Dec. 12, 2023 In a large study of more than 9,000 pregnant people from across the U.S., researchers at University of Utah Health have found that cannabis exposure ...
Nov. 30, 2023 The increased legalization of cannabis over the past several years can potentially increase its co-use with alcohol. Concerningly, very few studies have looked at the effects of these two drugs when ...
Nov. 20, 2023 A new analysis of the genomes of more than 1 million people has shed light on the underlying biology of cannabis use disorder and its links to psychiatric disorders, abuse of other substances such as ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 23, 2024 A follow-up analysis 50 years later finds no adverse heart health risk from Professor Mont Liggins' landmark steroid study to reduce illness and death for pre-term ...
Mar. 25, 2024 As authorities crack down on illicit drugs, experts have issued an alert on the use of the synthetic stimulant pentylone, as new research finds a 75% increase in detections across ...
Feb. 13, 2024 New research examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally, and whether patients who use cannabis experience more severe eating disorder symptoms or ...
Jan. 30, 2024 Asthma is more common among high school students who use cannabis, relative to those who do not and the prevalence of asthma increases with the frequency of its use among the students, according to a ...
Jan. 10, 2024 Reducing stimulant use was associated with significant improvement in measures of health and recovery among people with stimulant use disorder, even if they did not achieve total abstinence. This ...
Nov. 29, 2023 A 20-year study examined the long term relationship between cannabis and illicit opioid use. Overall results were inconsistent and showed no strong link. The study showed that clinicians and ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Researchers have developed a more efficient way to find out which new 'designer drugs' are circulating in the community. In a new study, they showed how high-resolution mass spectrometry ...
Nov. 8, 2023 After conducting the first scoping review of its kind, researchers have developed an evidence-based interactive mapping tool to assist policymakers as they consider regulating the concentration of ...
Nov. 8, 2023 Results from a new clinical trial suggest that a group of brain regions known as the 'salience network' is activated after a drug is taken intravenously, but not when that same drug is ...
Oct. 31, 2023 In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana's major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are ...
Oct. 25, 2023 Researchers report that cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how we perceive and learn from rewards. Though people with cocaine addiction have similar expectations of rewards ...
Oct. 25, 2023 Scientists have found success in treating a 'neglected' inflammatory condition, polymyalgia rheumatica, with a drug that could provide an alternative to steroids for ...
Oct. 20, 2023 Cannabis use, even for medical purposes, could make some people sick due to harmful fungi that contaminate the plants. That is the finding of a recently published peer-reviewed journal article, whose ...
Sep. 12, 2023 When you're under stress, your brain may release its own cannabinoid molecules to calm you, activating the same brain receptors as THC derived from cannabis plants. But the brain activity ...
Aug. 30, 2023 New research has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognized source of lead and cadmium ...
Aug. 2, 2023 Scientists evaluate how accurate law-enforcement administered field sobriety tests are at measuring cannabis exposure and ...
July 6, 2023 Researchers showed that consuming THC while pregnant could potentially affect development of the fetus and lead to life-long health impacts for ...
May 3, 2023 Scientists have identified a potential pathway to pain relief that neither triggers addiction nor causes ...
Apr. 20, 2023 Marijuana (cannabis) is well known for giving people the 'munchies.' Not only does it make people want to eat more, but it also makes them crave the tastiest, most high-calorie foods. Now a ...
Mar. 27, 2023 A previous study confirmed that chronic use of cannabis may greatly impact male fertility and reproductive outcomes in nonhuman primates -- but it was unclear whether the effects are permanent. Now, ...
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- New Interactive Evidence-Based Mapping Tool Gives Policymakers More Insight Into Highly Concentrated Cannabis Products
- Researchers Identify Brain Network That Is Uniquely Activated Through Injection Vs. Oral Drug Use
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- Perception--but Not Expectation--of Reward Is Altered in People With Cocaine Addiction
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- Discovery Involving Sodium Could Lead to Safer Painkillers Such as Fentanyl
- Three New Biomarkers Identified to Detect Consumption of Emerging Synthetic Cannabinoid
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- Cannabis Users Had Worse Bypass Outcomes, Increased Amputation and Opioid Use, Study Shows
- Cannabis Not Made Safer by Increasing Its CBD Content, Study Finds
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- Potential New Lead Compounds for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders
- Emphysema More Common in Marijuana Smokers Than Cigarette Smokers
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- Could Greater Prescription of Medical Cannabis Be a Solution to the Opioid Crisis?
- Your Medical Implant or Food Wrapper Could Someday Be Made of CBD
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- Study Identifies New Links Between REM Sleep Disturbances and Drug Relapse
- Feeling Addicted to Food? Your Parents' Drinking Habits May Impact Your Risk
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- Marijuana Use Is Much More Common in US States That Have Legalized Recreational Cannabis Use
- Scientists Reveal Genetic Architecture Underlying Alcohol, Cigarette Abuse
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- Scientists Identify New Brain Mechanism Involved in Impulsive Cocaine-Seeking in Rats
- Emergency Care and Hospitalizations Higher Among Cannabis Users, Study Finds
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- Treatment for Substance Use Reduces Depression for Many Adolescents and Young Adults With Both Problems
- More Older Adults Getting Treated for Substance Abuse