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Semaglutide is not close to being an approved cocaine-use-disorder medication, but a 2026 rat study gives the idea a more demanding preclinical test than ordinary self-administration experim…
Read articleA 2026 cross-species metabolism study found that eutylone, a synthetic cathinone stimulant sometimes sold as a “bath salt” or MDMA-like drug, inactivated CYP2D6 with Ki = 4.2 μM, kinact = 0.…
Read articleA 2026 population-based polysomnography study involving 1,206 adults found current smokers had 1.75x higher odds of worse obstructive sleep apnea severity than non-smokers or occasional smok…
Read articleA 2026 ABCD Study preprint involving 11,868 youth found stable time-ordered predictors of teen substance-use initiation, but the adjusted effects were small: most estimates ranged from −0.01…
Read articleA 2026 cross-sectional study in Moshi, Tanzania found that only 26 of 246 injury patients who drank alcohol, or 10.6%, had ever told a healthcare provider about their alcohol use.1 The calib…
Read articleA 2026 PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis in Drug and Alcohol Review consolidated 30 publications covering 202 prevalence estimates from 120,041 South African adolescents: …
Read articleThe broad cytokine story failed its most direct community test: in 972 adults, depression, alcohol use, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) were not associated with C-reactive protein (CRP) or a …
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