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US Senate Investigates Pain Management Groups US senators have launched an investigation examining ties between pain management specialist organizations and companies that make opioid drugs.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2012
APA 2012 Social Networking Sites May Trigger Drug Relapse Use of social networking sites may trigger relapses in adolescents attending substance abuse treatment programs.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2012

Britain Leads Underage Drinking Fight, WHO Report Shows
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2012
More Evidence Links Early Cannabis Use to Psychosis
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2012
ECO Bariatric Surgeries Associated With Increased Alcohol Risk
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2012
Prenatal Smoking Tied to Worse Asthma in Kids
Reuters Health Information, May 14, 2012

Substance Abuse and Addiction Perspectives

Two New Resources to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription drug abuse, misuse, and overdose are running rampant. Two initiatives aim to help clinicians address the problem.
Medscape Psychiatry, May 8, 2012
Alcohol Screening Results and Postoperative Healthcare Use Are alcohol screening results associated with postop hospital length of stay, ICU days, reoperation, and readmission? Commentary on a study published March 2012 in J Am Coll Surg.
Medscape General Surgery, May 3, 2012

Smoking, PPI Use, and Hip Fracture: What's the Bottom Line?
Medscape Gastroenterology, April 26, 2012
Diet, Exercise, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Medscape Ophthalmology, April 24, 2012
An Adjunct for Smoking Cessation in Schizophrenia?
Medscape Psychiatry, April 10, 2012
Hyperglycemia Increases Risks After Colectomy
Medscape General Surgery, March 15, 2012

Journals

Alcohol, Substance Use, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among MSM
AIDS and Behavior, May 16, 2012
Risk of Cardiovascular Serious Adverse Events With Varenicline
British Medical Journal, May 11, 2012
Second Hand Smoke and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
Evidence-Based Nursing, May 4, 2012
Partner Violence, Recreational Drug Use and HIV Among MSM
AIDS and Behavior, May 2, 2012
Breaking Down Silos to Help People Conquer Drug Addiction
The Nation's Health, April 30, 2012

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The New Face of Abused Drugs
February 2012

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