Areas with higher rates of illicit opioid abuse also saw higher rates of suicides among children, pointing to a link between the two crises, a study published in Demography found.
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West Virginia is the state with the most drug related deaths, while Nebraska has the fewest, according to data published by the United Health Foundation Dec. 5.
Smoking rates declined by over 10 percentage points from 2011 to 2022 among adults aged 18 to 24, but declined more slowly among older adults, a study published Dec. 1 in JAMA Health Forum found.
Around four in 10 addiction medicine fellowships are unfilled in 2023, according to a National Resident Matching Program report published Nov. 29.
A new Addiction Recovery Care psychiatric facility has opened in Russell, Ky.
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Hays, Kan.-based High Plains Mental Health Center has expanded its treatment program for substance use disorders.
Seventeen percent of people aged 12 or older in the United States had a substance use disorder in the past year, according to recent data from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Birmingham, Ala.-based addiction treatment and recovery services Bradford Health Services has acquired Southaven, Miss.-based Vertava Health.
From new treatments to new facilities, here are six updates related to addiction that Becker's has covered since Oct. 24:
Arkansas Children's in Little Rock is opening a first-of-its-kind center that will focus on the "impacts of the opioid crisis on the fetus, newborn and developing children."