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'Sober' Apps

From tracking sober days to providing stress reduction techniques, smartphone apps are a new and interactive way to help people in recovery.

Unfortunately, high school student-athletes can be especially vulnerable to prescription painkiller misuse.

Thinking about a few good ways to talk to your teens about drug use? Check out these four do's and don'ts, then get the conversation started.

More than 8.5 million U.S. adults have both a substance abuse disorder and mental illness.

Babies born dependent on opioids may feel pain more strongly, study finds

(Philly.com, May 16) The infants of mothers who took opioids while they were pregnant feel pain more than other babies, according to a new study.
Americans Are Dying From Kratom Overdoses: CDC

(HealthDay News, April 11, 2019) Between July 2016 and December 2017, 91 people in the U.S. died after overdosing on kratom, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chinese researchers try brain implants to treat addiction

(The Washington Post, May 7) In an effort to fight drug addiction researchers in China are testing deep brain stimulation – a treatment that has been used for disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
Opioid overdose deaths decline when pharmacists can dispense naloxone

(Reuters Health, May 9) – Fewer people died due to opioids in states where naloxone is available without a prescription, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.