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Federally funded survey data provided by the University of Michigan indicates that teen marijuana use has declined significantly over the past decade and is now at historic lows. Consistent with data previously reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...

Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has raised concerns over the cannabis industry’s marketing strategies, drawing parallels with tactics used by the alcohol and tobacco industries. In a blog post published last week, Volkow highlighted that older adults...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is stepping up efforts to combat the rising tide of methamphetamine addiction by funding a $2.4 million study to explore the potential of psychedelics as a treatment. According to Marijuana Moment, this five-year grant, provided by the National Institute on...

Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has stressed the urgent need to overhaul America’s approach to drug addiction. In a recent opinion piece published in STAT and republished on NIDA’s website, Volkow criticized the prevailing notion that incarcerating...

"Tremendous Excitement" Around Psychedelic Medicine, Says Top Federal Drug Official There is "tremendous excitement" about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, says National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow. However, this top federal drug official emphasized that while...

People prescribed Ozempic or Wegovy are less likely to develop a cannabis use disorder or relapse from the condition than those who take other diabetes or obesity medications, reported the NewScientist on Thursday. As brand names for the compound semaglutide, Ozempic and Wegovy are said to reduce...

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers have found that chronic morphine use may contribute to bone loss and heightened pain, according to a study published in PAIN. While opioids like morphine are commonly used to manage cancer-induced bone pain, the findings shed light on the potential...

A comprehensive national study involving over 50,000 US adolescents sheds light on the concerning connection between vaping nicotine, cannabis use, and binge drinking among young people. Lead author of the study, Noah Kreski from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health emphasized...

As childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., researchers are looking into why. A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the journal of Pediatric Obesity exposes one of the possible causes – prenatal exposure to both tobacco and cannabis...

According to Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), treating addiction as a criminal matter is ineffective and should instead be viewed as a public health issue. NIDA aims to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction...

This week, an annual drug use survey Monitoring the Future (MTF), conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor revealed that cannabis and hallucinogen use by young adults (19-30) in the past year reached a historic...

A new study conducted by the Drug-Free America Foundation and commissioned by Johnny’s Ambassadors concluded that states with fewer legal restrictions on marijuana have seen more use among teens as well as declining mental health. In addition, The Center Square,  which reported...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealing that the most common substances for which adult Americans have sought substance misuse treatment in 2019 were alcohol, cannabis, and a combination of...

How does occasional cannabis use affect our health? A frequent question, for which there is no simple and conclusive answer. The impact on our overall physical and mental health has yet to be fully researched. The federal status of cannabis as a Schedule I drug severely limits scientific...

Does legalization of recreational cannabis increase youth consumption?   According to a new research published in the May 26, 2022 online issue of Addiction, yes it does. The new findings contradict so many prior studies, including a report issued in March by the Coalition for...