CAMP HILL, PA — More than 400 substance use disorder professionals gathered this past week as Pennsylvania officials outlined ...

Among six distinct patterns of substance use identified in young adults in the United States in 2019, nicotine vaping and cannabis smoking were the most common, new research showed. Additionally, ...

With substance use, it can be difficult for young people to recognize when casual experimentation begins to lean further into addiction. This is where youth-focused treatment programs become ...

Between 2015 and 2019, rural pregnant women were more likely to use tobacco but less likely to consume alcohol than their urban counterparts, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to reduce ...

When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok, or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the stories shared on ...

This week we welcome a new member to the Growing Community team — Kayla Bailey, director of the Aspen-Pitkin Healthy Community Coalition — and with her, the chance to look even more closely at some of ...

A study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that nearly one in five U.S. adults have used multiple drugs in the past year, showing that substance use is ...

Substance misuse doesn’t take a summer break. In fact, research suggests that for many people, the risks might actually increase with the heat. Of course, substance use disorders (SUDs) and substance ...

Understanding what the US spends to treat mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) is important for understanding spending patterns and informing health policy. In this study, we determined ...

Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within a short period of time, despite a pattern of negative effects.

Young adults who heavily use substances may report significantly poorer memory decades later, a new University of Michigan study suggests. Researchers tracked how frequently participants reported ...