National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Report SeriesWomen and men may face unique issues when it comes to substance use, as a result of both sex and gender. Sex differences result from biology, or being genetically female or male, while gender differences are based on culturally defined roles for men and women, as well as […]
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Substance Use in Women
September 1, 2016Published In: 2018, Overdose/Substance Misuse Repository
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Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions at Emergency Department Visits for Conditions Commonly Associated with Prescription Drug Abuse
August 8, 2016By: Astha Singhal, Yu-Yu Tien, Renee Y. HsiaAbstractPrescription drug abuse is a growing problem nationally. In an effort to curb this problem, emergency physicians might rely on subjective cues such as race-ethnicity, often unknowingly, when prescribing opioids for pain-related complaints, especially for conditions that are often associated with drug-seeking behavior. Previous studies that examined racial-ethnic […]
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The racial divide in the opioid epidemic
February 27, 2016By: Steven Ross Johnson, Modern HealthcareThe city of Huntington, a community of nearly 50,000 located in western West Virginia, over the past several years has felt the harsh impact of the nation’s drug abuse crisis.The state’s mortality rate from drug overdoses rose by 65% between 2009 and 2013. Huntington lies within one of the most […]
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Definition of Addiction
August 15, 2011View American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Definition of Addiction here.
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