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Epidemiology and Prevention
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of the health and wellness of populations. In the substance abuse prevention field, epidemiologists study the patterns of use and abuse and the factors associated with an increased or decreased risk of developing substance abuse problems. Substance abuse epidemiology is the science behind SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), ensuring that decisions are data-...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two separate draft guidance documents to help fight the tobacco epidemic and stop children from using tobacco. The draft guidance documents implement provisions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that will ultimately provide the public with previously unknown information about the chemicals in tobacco products and help prevent misleading marketing about the risks associated with tobacco products.
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Hospitals on the west coast of Florida are reporting a rise in the number of newborns exposed to opioids. Health care providers say prescription drug abuse is to blame.
Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton reports that on a typical day, more than one-third of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit have been...
read moreEmotional support from middle school teachers may reduce the risk their students will engage in early use of alcohol and other illicit substances, a new study suggests.
The study included 521 middle school students in Seattle. Students who felt more emotional support from teachers reported a delay in starting to...
read more“K2” and other synthetic drugs are still available in some gas stations and convenience stores in Missouri even after the state banned the substances, according to The Kansas City Star.
Vicky...
read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal by tobacco maker R.J. Reynolds, in a Florida case in which the company was ordered to pay $28.3 million to a woman whose husband smoked cigarettes for decades and died of lung cancer.
The company argued its constitutional due process rights were violated, according to...
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A recent study that found soaring hospitalization rates for...
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Blackouts that result from binge drinking among college students cost the average large university about a half million dollars per year, a new study suggests.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin note in Health Affairs that 50 percent of college students who drink report alcohol-induced blackouts. They studied emergency department visits among college students at five universities over two years, and found about one in eight were...
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Drivers who use medical marijuana are posing a challenge to law enforcement officers trying to enforce driving under the influence (DUI) laws, according to the Associated Press.
Unlike alcohol, the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, can stay in the system for weeks, and there is no easy test to determine a person’s level of impairment due to the drug, the AP notes.
A recent analysis of studies found driving under the...
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