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Brains on Cannabis

An animal study elucidates mechanisms of cannabinoid-induced cognitive impairment.

Heroin Injection vs. Methadone for Opioid Addiction

Prescribing the active ingredient in heroin provides superior outcomes but isn't feasible in the U.S. today.

Ghrelin: It's Not Just for Food; Let's Drink to That

In an animal study, central ghrelin signaling activates the mesolimbic reward system for alcohol.

Maternal Smoking Rates During Pregnancy Drop . . . A Little

Rates of smoking during and after pregnancy declined somewhat from 2000 through 2005, but smoking prevalence before conception did not change.

Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test

One short simple question effectively identified patients with unhealthy alcohol use.

Smoking Cessation in the CCU

Intensive smoking cessation efforts had some success among patients recruited during inpatient cardiac care.

Sex-Drug Use Increases HIV Risk for MSM

In a cohort of HIV-uninfected MSM, the use of poppers, stimulants, or erectile dysfunction drugs significantly increased the risk for acquiring HIV.

Even Fruit Flies Love Happy Hour

An animal study uncovers a gene that regulates signaling pathways involved in alcohol intoxication and preference.

Smoking Cessation: How Much Evidence Do We Need to Act?

In patients hospitalized for MI or CABG, an intensive intervention produced higher abstinence rates than a typical intervention.

More About Cannabis and Psychosis

Acute exposure increases psychosis-like symptoms, especially among those with high-trait schizotypy.

Drinking and College Don’t Mix

Heavy drinking worsens academic performance, in part by disrupting students’ sleep schedules.

Laws on Alcohol Availability Might Reduce Suicide Rates

If it works in Slovenia, could it work here?

Schizophrenia-Associated Violence and Comorbid Substance Abuse

The risk for violence is small in the absence of substance abuse.

Is Any Amount of Prenatal Alcohol Consumption Safe?

A community-based study and two animal studies show the detrimental effect of prenatal alcohol on development.

Intensive Efforts Could Improve Smoking-Cessation Rate

Both outreach programs and the intense cessation programs affect the proportion of smokers who succeed in quitting.

USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendations to Screen for Tobacco Use and to Intervene

For adults (and pregnant women especially) the benefits of smoking-cessation counseling far outweigh any harms.

Cocaine-Related Chest Pain: The Year After

During 1 year after an ED visit for low-risk cocaine-related chest pain, patients had a very low rate of MI but a high rate of repeat ED visits, often for cocaine-related chest pain.

Benefits of a Housing Intervention for Chronically Homeless Alcoholics

A housing intervention reduced use and costs of healthcare and public services; longer stays in housing were associated with greater benefits.

Pregnant? Quitting Smoking Early Matters

Rates of preterm delivery and small-for-gestational-age babies were similar in women who quit smoking before 15 weeks’ gestation and in nonsmokers.

Do You Drink Because You’re Depressed, or Are You Depressed Because You Drink?

Sophisticated statistical modeling of longitudinal data suggests that alcohol misuse causes depression more than depression causes alcohol misuse.

Modafinil Might Increase Brain Dopamine Levels

A PET study supports the hypothesis that this drug acts at the same site as cocaine.

Are Psychiatric Patients Really Dangerous?

Substance use and history of violence play important roles in a patient’s risk for violent behavior.

Hookah Smoking Is Still Smoking

Ten percent of surveyed Arizona high-school students reported ever smoking water-pipe tobacco.

Nature vs. Nurture: What IVF Can Reveal

A unique study provides insights into genetic and environmental factors in human development.

A New Medication for Alcohol Dependence?

Prazosin shows promise in a pilot study.

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