substance abuse

A new report published in BMJ Journal: Injury Prevention opts to reframe how we interpret data on preventable, premature deaths by using an “en

Multi-drug misuse and abuse - albeit prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) or illicit in nature - is a huge problem (not just in overdose risk).

The “opioid epidemic” consistently addressed in the news, by politicians and throughout social media conflates many aspects of the issue, often speaking interchangeably about prescription medications and illicit drugs.

A new study published in Pediatrics details the call burden on US Poison Control Centers by analyzing the 156,365 reports of unintentional a