addiction

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    Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies

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    Hallucinogen use other than LSD on the rise among young adults

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    In some US schools, 1 in 4 students report misusing prescription stimulants

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    Immune signals identified in the brain that contribute to addiction vulnerability

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    High-intensity drinking escalates among teens within two years of first drink

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    Highly processed foods can be considered addictive like tobacco products

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    High school athletes in contact sports more likely to misuse prescription stimulants throughout their 20s

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    Feeling addicted to food? Your parents’ drinking habits may impact your risk

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    Lung screenings paired with phone-based smoking cessation programs could save lives, money

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    Majority of adolescents with severe substance use disorder don’t grow out of it

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    E-cigarettes reverse decades of decline in percentage of US youth struggling to quit nicotine

  12. Prescription drug misuse later in life greatly increases risk for substance use disorder

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    COVID poses hardships for people with substance abuse problems

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    U-M, MDHHS launch one-stop website to guide safe pain treatment across Michigan and beyond

  15. U-M teams receive $25.5 million for opioid-related prevention and treatment research

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    Prescription drug misuse related to later substance use disorders

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    About 44% of high school seniors who misuse prescription drugs have multiple drug sources

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    Opioid doctor and pharmacy ‘shoppers’ may also shop at home, U-M study suggests

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    Blacks, whites equally as likely to be prescribed opioids for pain

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    US Surgeon General to speak at U-M on opioid epidemic