Substance Use & Drug Information News Briefs

May 1, 2025

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Treating Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults

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The Impact of Trauma & Clinician Self-care

June 13, 2025

St. Charles, IL

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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)


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