National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (#NDAFW) is a week-long health observance dedicated to providing youth the facts about how drugs and alcohol affect the developing brain and body. Learn how you can participate virtually this year: teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-… NIDAnews NIAAA News

An analysis of law enforcement seizures of illegal drugs in five key regions of the US showed that seizures of #methamphetamine and #marijuana rose during the #COVID19 pandemic. See more findings here: loom.ly/JwOobI4 #NIDAscience

#CDC's #WISQARS now includes 2019 fatal and nonfatal injury data. Learn more in this interactive, online database, which provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data: go.usa.gov/xsBmh

Research indicates Black Americans have suffered the greatest toll of drug overdose deaths during the pandemic. Dr. Khatri found overdose deaths surged more than 50% among Black Philadelphia residents. Learn about the impact of the pandemic on overdose: npr.org/2021/03/03/970…

.MMWR 2019 mortality report is now available, showing increases in overdose deaths from #opioids, particularly synthetic opioids. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xsYgp?cid=twit…

College students: Are you thinking about a career in addiction science? Check out the College Addiction Studies Programs and find a program that fits your goals: loom.ly/qkANE34 #neuroscience #NIDAscience

"Safer sex, safer smoking and safer injection kits are tucked inside a new vending machine in Northside as a new way to help minimize health risks of drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond." cincinnati.com/story/news/202…

Latest MMWR highlights the importance of timely surveillance and the need for proven prevention and response strategies as geographic trends shift and the substances involved in drug overdose deaths change. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xsYgp?cid=twit…

A study found that telehealth has been helpful for substance use disorders during COVID-19. Via NDEWS Weekly Briefing. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33684331/

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® #NDAFW is a week-long health observance dedicated to providing youth with facts about how drugs and alcohol affect the developing 🧠 and body. Learn how you can participate virtually this year: fal.cn/3e1Db NIDAnews NIAAA News

Tomorrow at 12pm join us, the Georgia Public Health Association - Emory Chapter, and two Life Care Specialists from Christopher Wolf Crusade for a discussion on "Preventing Opioid Misuse Through Pain Coaching." Join at this time tomorrow Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory on Facebook!

Addiction is a brain disorder affecting millions of Americans. Support #BrainAwarenessWeek by learning more about #addiction #science and spreading the word about the effects of drugs on the #brain 🧠. loom.ly/8_UtC54

This week is National Poison Prevention week! During this week we aim to raise awareness, reduce unintentional poisonings, and promote poison prevention. #NPPW21 Learn more about preventing poisoning here: cdc.gov/safechild/pois…

NIDA has listed 29 of the most commonly used drugs and information about the names they go by, health effects and treatment options: loom.ly/yrM6flU

A 2019 study from Dr. Lauretta Grau in collaboration w/ Yale Program in Addiction Medicine's Drs. David Fiellin, Will Becker & colleagues Yale Internal Medicine, Yale Psychiatry, + UConn Med examined trends in polysubstance detection associated w/ drug-related #overdose deaths in CT. #NPHW2021 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31706248/

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New guidance empowers federally funded #opioid response programs to do more in the fight against drug #overdose deaths. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xHYPg SAMHSA

An analysis of law enforcement seizures of illegal drugs in five key regions of the United States showed that seizures of methamphetamine and marijuana rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. See more findings here: loom.ly/bcSz3gg

More Americans died of drug overdoses in the year leading to September 2020 than any 12-month period since the opioid epidemic began, new data shows. axios.com/drug-overdose-…

In ASAM Weekly: JAMA Pediatrics-Infant Mortality Associated With Prenatal Opioid Exposure. The findings suggest the odds of mortality in infants with a history of NOWS was not significantly different from the reference population..More> ow.ly/JVEG50Es1lM #addictionmedicine