The word “trigger” is thrown around a lot these days to the point where we are becoming desensitized to its original intention and what it truly means. For those who struggle with addiction, a trigger can be a very dangerous thing. A trigger is an environmental, social, or personal cue related to feelings, memories, thoughts, and [...]
Contributor: Mark S. Gold, M.D., Professor, Washington University School of Medicine - Department of Psychiatry Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics Cries for help have been increasing since the coronavirus quarantine. EMTs have been busy with COVID 19, as have community emergency departments and general hospitals. The overdose-reversal support system (Naloxone and other MATs) that [...]
In May of 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) document titled, TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. [1] According to SAMHSA, the document "reviews the use of the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications used to treat OUD (Opioid Use Disorder)—methadone, naltrexone, and [...]
Opioid addiction continues to be one of the leading health crisis of our time. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 46,802 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2018. [1] Derived from the opium poppy plant, opioids come in both legal and illegal forms. The most common forms [2] of the drug are: [...]
Nearly 200 million people use cannabis yearly, according to the World Health Organization and other experts worldwide. Scientists have been trying to demonstrate safety and efficacy for cannabis or a component of the marijuana plant. It has not been easy. Indeed, marijuana is widely used for a reason, but whether that proves it is medicine is [...]
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