addiction

Adolescent Alternative Tobacco Users More Likely to Try Conventional Cigarettes

Nonsmoking adolescents who use electronic cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco water pipes are more...

Dentists Wrestle with Prescribing Opioids

Opioid abuse continues to dominate the national conversation. In 2015, 12.5 million people misused...

Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused

In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use...

FDA Launches New Strategy for Fighting Nicotine Addiction

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a comprehensive, multi-year plan for tobacco...

Providers Prescribe Fewer Opioids, Though Dangers Persist

The number of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in the United States...

State Dental Association Releases Comprehensive Opioid Guidelines

The New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) has released guidelines on safely prescribing and dosing...

CDC Issues New Opioid Rx Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for prescribing...

ADA Joins White House Fight Against Rx Drug Abuse

President Obama launched an initiative to combat rising rates of opioid and other drug...

Treatments for Gambling Addiction

The bullet passes through the brain at such high velocity that it sends a...