Screening for substance use in primary care or general medical settings requires the use of a tool that identifies illicit and prescription opioid use as a component of a general screen for problem use of alcohol, tobacco…

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Though addressing substance use is one of the top 10 priorities of Rural Healthy People 2020, a national initiative to identify and promote rural health priorities and effective programs, accessing treatment is particularly challenging in rural regions.…

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Black individuals experience a disproportionate burden of substance use-related disabilities and premature death, and Blacks with more severe substance use problems are less likely than Whites to receive treatment.

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The Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS), carried out as part of the NIDA Clinical Trials…

• Summary: Emergency departments (EDs) are a key point of access to medical care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). This paper describes a quality improvement framework for EDs that could help standardize care, reduce care inequities, and improve outcomes for patients with OUD.…

Few studies have examined the acute effects of alcohol on myocardial or heart function. While moderate-to-high blood concentrations of alcohol acutely impair conventional echocardiographic measures of left ventricular (LV) performance, the effects of low concentrations are unclear. An…

• Binge drinking is prevalent during adolescence.
• Adolescence is also a crucial developmental time for cognitive functioning, including spatial working memory.
• A new study has found the female may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of binge drinking.…

Acute stress is thought to precipitate alcohol drinking. Yet the ways that acute stress can increase alcohol consumption are unclear. A new study investigated whether different phases of response to an acute stressor can alter the subjective effects of alcohol. Findings indicate bi-directional…