Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Addiction
Displaying 1 - 20 of 315 articles
The rise of sports betting has made gambling addiction a bigger issue on college campuses, but there are steps universities can take to address it.
Doherty’s life features many of the characteristics experts know increases vulnerability for drug use.
Famous faces sharing their struggles can inspire fans to seek help.
Overdose deaths did go up in Oregon after drug decriminalisation, but they were already increasing, as they were in nearby states.
This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.
Calixcoca, which is in the final stages of study, could be a tool in the addiction treatment package.
Adele is really saying alcohol is have too much of a negative impact on her life, and like many others has decided to do something positive about it by taking a break.
There were more than 100,000 opioid-related deaths in North America in 2022. How the crisis grew to such proportions, and three potential paths to ending it.
Our health consumes a growing share of our economy and our attention, but we are not in great shape. Even as a ruinous pandemic subsides, epidemics of chronic disease, obesity, addiction and mental illness…
A police policy of not making arrests for simple possession is a way to essentially decriminalize personal drug use. However, confiscating drugs — even without arrests — can be harmful in many ways.
Humans have attempted to understand and treat mental illness for centuries – from ancient Greek medicine, Middle Ages exorcisms and the rise of asylums, to modern medical breakthroughs.
Prescription medications can help people with opioid use disorder avoid the risks of relapse and overdose. But stigma based on misperceptions about addiction limits their use.
Most consumables in Canada have quality controls that inform purchasing and consumption decisions. People who use illicit drugs deserve the same. Drug checking provides that harm-reduction service.
Harm reduction is grounded in evidence. But policies, stigma and ignorance about substance use still create barriers in battling Canada’s drug poisoning crisis.
The study found that people were more likely to binge drink on the days they were in a good mood.
Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small quantities to specific locations.
Higher levels of income inequality in youth are associated with increased ‘deaths of despair’ in young Canadians.
The flesh-eating drug Xylazine is causing havoc in the US. Now it’s in the UK.
Barbara Lynch’s alleged bullying of her employees is only the latest in a string of high-profile chef scandals. Two scholars explore how this behavior became normalized in kitchens across the US.
Top contributors
-
Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
-
Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
-
Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
-
Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
-
Reader in Crimimology and Social Policy, University of Birmingham
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Bentley University
-
Executive Clinical Director, Turning Point & Director of Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
-
Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
-
Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
-
Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
-
Professor, Federation University Australia
-
Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
-
PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
-
Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
