Upcoming Workshop:

The Impact of Trauma & Clinician Self-care

June 13, 2025

St. Charles, IL

4 CEUs (ICB/LCSW/LCPC)

$30 registration fee /$20 student rate

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HEADLINES

Parents with alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children

Read the full paper in Addiction

Trump looks to end $56 million grant to give Narcan to first responders

Why stimulants work and why we should be cautious

New federally backed marijuana research center launches

Older adults face higher cancer risk from alcohol, even at low or moderate levels

Why heart attacks are striking young people - and surprising connection to amphetamines

How the moderation movement is reshaping the alcohol industry

Iowa House passes measure legalizing psilocybin use

The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back

The high stakes of gambling: addiction, apps and mental health

As fentanyl deaths slow, methamphetamine comes for Maine

What to know about today’s methamphetamine

From weed to lifestyle: The cannabis brands shaping culture

Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims

NEW PAPERS AND REPORTS

The association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies (Addiction, April 30, 2025)

A novel online vaping intervention and smoking prevention program for young adults who vape, Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, April 22, 2025)

Secondary Delusional Infestation in a Male With a History of Polysubstance Use (Psychiatrist.com, April 25, 2025) 

Psilocybin therapy for mood dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease: an open-label pilot trial (Neuropsychopharmacology, April 30, 2025)

What do patients with substance use disorders know about their medication? A cross-sectional interview-based study (Frontiers in Psychiatry, April 25, 2025)

Feel connected to create: Self-reported psychedelic drug users exhibit higher sense of connectedness and better divergent thinking skills compared to non-users (PLOS One, April 24, 2025)

Find more research here