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American Society of Addiciton Medicine

Recent and Past Issues

  • Ƶ Weekly for October 10, 2023

    A study from New York has found that increasing temperatures are associated with increased hospital visits related to alcohol and substance use (Communications Medicine)...
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  • Ƶ Weekly for October 3, 2023

    Tucked within social determinants of health are commercial determinants which have a particular interest in “addictiveness.” This is clearly evident in the lead article demonstrating how tobacco companies shifted the US food industry towards hyperpalatability beginning in the 1980s (Addiction).
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  • Ƶ Weekly for September 26th, 2023

    Both the RAND Corporation and SAMHSA recently released reports providing broad perspectives on addiction in America. At over 600 pages, “America’s Opioid Ecosystem” (RAND) is a comprehensive review of the dynamic systems and issues underlying not only America’s opioid crisis but the entire addiction ecosystem.
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  • Ƶ Weekly for September 19th, 2023

    This week we showcase publications from leading journals across the scientific fields. In a way, this mirrors the diversity of specialists in clinical settings and beyond who collaborate to treat addiction.
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  • Ƶ Weekly for September 12th, 2023

    Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder and Reasons for Use Among Adults.
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  • Ƶ Weekly for September 5th, 2023

    Examining sociodemographic correlates of opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in the All of Us Research Program
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  • Ƶ Weekly for August 29th, 2023

    Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached historic highs among adults 35 to 50
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  • Ƶ Weekly for August 22nd, 2023

    Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021
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  • Ƶ Weekly for August 15th, 2023

    The Future of Addiction Treatment Lies in Narrowing the Treatment Gap
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  • Guest Editorial: The Future of Addiction Treatment Lies in Narrowing the Treatment Gap

    In the time of the worst overdose crisis in American history, those of us who work in the field of addiction medicine have the responsibility of bringing treatment to where patients with addiction are. The addiction treatment gap refers to the approximately 94% of people with one or more DSM-5 defined substance use disorders (SUDs) who did not receive any addiction treatment (according to the SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted in 2021).
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