Social Determinants of Health Can’t Be Extricated from Addiction Science A few years ago, I visited a methadone clinic in Baltimore and sat with several of the patients discussing the challenges they faced sticking with their treatment for opioid a…

Mohnblütenpodcast Folge 4: Cocktails In dieser Folge dreht sich alles um Cocktails. Sowohl die alkoholischen Mixgetränke als auch die gefährlichen Drogencocktails werden künstlerisch angesprochen. Neugierig geworden? Dann sollten Sie sich oder Ihr…

Power of Ideas: Is It Too Soon To Start Talking about a Cure for Addiction? (Nora Volkow) (…) In the field of substance use and addiction, we have been careful to talk about the management of substance use disorders and the often-dif…

Zusammenhang zwischen Substanzkonsum und Zwangsmaßnahmen auf psychiatrischen Stationen [Association between substance use and coercive measures on psychiatric wards].  Betzler F, Brandt A, Heinz A, Walter H.  Nervenarzt. 2022 May;93(5):4…

Europa. Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study The analysis of municipal wastewaters for drugs and their metabolic products to estimate community consumption is a developing field, involving scientists working in different rese…

Seeing Addiction as a Learning Disorder Changes Everything  While advocates have long tried to convince the public that addiction is a disease— a position ratified by most experts— this view has also always been controversial. For one, many dr…