Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

University at Buffalo Researchers Are Meeting Addiction Where It Lives (Sponsored Content)

Addiction has long been seen as something to be hidden, stigmatized, or explained away as a personal failing. But addiction ...
Opinion
Clinical AdvisorOpinion

Adolescent Substance Use: Shifting the Paradigm From Clinic to Classroom

Experts at NAPNAP 2026 emphasize the need for school-based interventions to address ongoing alcohol and marijuana use among diverse high school populations.
dvm360

FDA warns certain lots of Quest cat food contain dangerously low thiamine levels

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning veterinarians and pet owners that 8 lots of Quest Cat Food contain ...
The Conversation

What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere

Susan E. Collins is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, where she also maintains a clinical practice. The perspectives provided in this ...
Newsweek

The US Economy Has a $93 Billion Substance Abuse Black Hole

A new study has found that substance use disorders (SUD) cost the U.S. economy just under $93 billion in 2023 from a combination of missed work, reduced work productivity and lost household ...
OPB

Providers say more access to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders needed

Oregon consistently ranks near the bottom of the country in terms of access to treatment for substance use disorders. Portland-based Boulder Care seeks to address that by providing telehealth and ...
New Atlas

Oral cancer risk tripled in people with problematic cannabis use

People with cannabis use disorder had more than triple the odds of developing oral cancer, a large five-year study found, raising red flags about the carcinogenic risks of heavy cannabis use, ...
Psychology Today

Treating Anorexia or Bulimia Nervosa and Substance Use Disorders

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...
Medical Xpress

Study finds health care provider stigma toward substance use disorder varies sharply by condition and provider

A new national study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with colleagues at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research ...
News Medical

Substance use disorders increase risk of unplanned hospital readmissions

People with any type of substance use disorder (SUD) stand a 24% higher risk of having an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of a previous discharge compared with those without the disorder ...
Healthline

Addiction vs. Substance Use Disorder

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...
Healthline

Substance Use Vs. Substance Use Disorder: What’s the Difference?

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...