Many Americans have experienced traumatic events, toxic stress, and other types of adversity in childhood. However, repeated exposure to trauma and adversity in childhood predicts a variety of poor health outcomes, including the development of substance use disorder (SUD).
Population-level research, neuroscience, epigenetics, and other fields have established that the
A 22-year-old Del Valle man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distributing fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. Gabriel Cecilio Osorio was investigated in 2023; a search of his home revealed an additional 3,700 pills, a money counter, a digital scale, four firearms, and $45,701 in … Continue to full story .......
Many people make new promises to their health and well-being at the beginning of the year. To emphasize the value of expanding access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs), SAMHSA is launching “SUD Treatment Month” in January. This annual observance will be dedicated to spreading awareness about the effectiveness … Continue to full story .......
The rapid growth of cannabis products in Texas, combined with growing consumer safety concerns, has led some lawmakers to propose a ban on the hemp industry. However, experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy say this approach is unlikely to effectively reduce access to products or improve public
In the United States, deaths tied to excessive alcohol use rose 29 percent in just five years, according to federal data out this week, an increase that has alarmed experts. study published this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated an annual average of nearly 138,000 people
Episodes of “binge drinking” can have dangerous short-term effects, while repeated binge drinking can trigger longer-term problems. During the festive season and other times of celebration, alcohol often flows freely. But how much is too much? In short, what counts as “binge drinking,” and what are the potential health
Alcohol may soon come with a warning label
after the U.S. Surgeon General announced Friday that alcohol is linked with an increased risk for cancer. The report recommended a call for those warning labels and reassessing the guideline limits for alcohol consumption to account for cancer risk. It stated
Over the last weekend of April 2024, something in Austin’s drug supply went horribly wrong. The first deaths passed largely unnoticed by anyone other than the families and friends of those who consumed the tainted substances. An 8-year-old girl who’d been playing outside her apartment in northeast Travis County … Continue to full story .......
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced this month that he will back a bill to ban all THC products from being sold in Texas. In his announcement, Patrick uses words like “unsafe” and “unregulated” to describe THC products being sold. Despite growing public support, Texas continues its challenges to the legalization
In March 2023, the DEA, issued an alert about the widespread threat of fentanyl with xylazine, or tranq – a non-opiate sedative in the U.S. for veterinary use. Months later, Travis County announced its first overdose deaths in which xylazine was detected. Since then, xylazine deaths have not significantly increased
AP — Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s
Nov. 22, 2024 — E-cigarettes flew off store shelves between 2019 and 2023, and 80% were in youth-friendly flavors like fruit, candy, mint and menthol. In all, e-cigarette sales rose 47% over the period, according to a new report from the CDC Foundation and Truth Initiative that called on more
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