addiction
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NY Governor’s Veto Outrages Activists Fighting For Medicaid Patients Who Need Opioid Addiction Treatment
Activists in New York are furious over a New Year’s Eve decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto a bill that intended to make it easier for poor residents on Medicaid to access medication-based treatment for opioid addiction—while also signing a similar bill that does expand access to these medications for people on private insurance.
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CBD Might Help People Struggling With Opioid Addiction, Small Trial Shows
A new study out Tuesday is the latest to suggest that cannabis—or at least a key ingredient of it—might help people struggling with addiction. It found that people with opioid use disorder experienced less symptoms of craving when given cannabidiol, or CBD, over a placebo. CBD also helped them calm down and reduced their anxiety.
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Wisdom Tooth Surgery A Gateway To Teen Opioid Addiction, Study Finds
A common rite of passage—having your wisdom teeth pulled—might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming addicted to opioids, a new study out Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests Youngsters who are prescribed opioids by their dentist, often for wisdom tooth extractions, are more likely to abuse opioids within a year’s time…
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The Strange Connection Between Opioid Addiction And Narcolepsy Might Help Us Treat Both
Image: sferrario1968 (Pixabay) A new study could revive an abandoned theory about how to treat narcolepsy, the thus-far incurable disorder that makes people chronically sleepy. And it could also provide a new lead on how to treat drug addiction.