Recovery from addiction is a difficult process that can leave one feeling alienated from friends, family, and loved ones. It is a real problem that deserves compassion, treatment, and help. Substance use disorder often includes: Feeling the need to use drugs or drink alcohol often or regularly Having frequent, strong urges to use the substance
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While the focus of public health officials, much of the news media, and the general public has been on the opioid epidemic in recent years, the meth use epidemic has quietly been on the rise. The use of methamphetamine is surging in the United States, as those reported to have a methamphetamine use disorder increased
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Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading known preventable cause of birth defects that can range from mild to severe physical abnormalities and a wide array of cognitive, behavioral, and social deficits. An estimated 40,000 newborns are affected every year by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), an umbrella term that includes Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
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A new study has found that cannabidiol, the naturally-occurring, non-psychoactive, and non-addictive compound found in the cannabis plant usually referred to as CBD, can reduce key features of addiction in drug-abstinent individuals with heroin use disorder. Led by Dr. Yasmin Hurd of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published last month in
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Growing up with a parent suffering from substance use disorder is a difficult process that can affect the behavior and emotional development of that child later in life. It is estimated that 25% of American kids grow up in households where alcohol dependence is present, and children of alcohol-dependent parents are the highest risk of
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