Science News About Substance Use
- New NIH Study Reveals Shared Genetic Markers Underlying Substance Use Disorders
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Analyzing genomic data from more than 1 million people, researchers have identified genes that are commonly inherited across substance use disorders, regardless of the substance being used.
- Long-acting antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV among people with unstable housing, mental illnesses, substance use disorder
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A long-acting antiretroviral treatment given every four to eight weeks, and delivered with comprehensive support services, suppressed HIV in people who were previously not virologically suppressed.
- Emergency Drug Overdose Visits Associated with Increased Risk for Later Suicide
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A new data analysis has found patients who visited the emergency department for an opioid or sedative/hypnotic drug overdose were at higher risk of dying by drug overdose or suicide in the year after being discharged relative to the general population.
- NIH Directors Address Chronic Pain and Opioid Crisis at Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting
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On Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at a press conference at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual Meeting, National Institutes of Health directors will discuss how NIH is marshalling resources, primarily through the HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative, to come up with short- and long-term solutions for countering the pain and opioid crisis.
