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Drug use and internet fraud often fed each other, according to 22 young adults in addiction treatment in southwestern Nigeria who took part in focus groups for a 2026 study. They also descri…
Read articleAbout 1 in 7 adults in Spain who use illicit drugs reported using them to enhance sex in the past year, according to a 2026 analysis of a large web survey. Far fewer, about 3%, reported goin…
Read articleA 2026 randomized youth trial found that integrated exposure-based treatment reduced posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms more than supportive counseling, while substance-use changes were …
Read articleCannabis users often say the drug helps them blunt stressful memories. A 2026 randomized trial of 36 healthy adults tested low-dose oral THC against placebo during retrieval of a standardize…
Read articleA 2026 prospective German aneurysm cohort found risky alcohol use in 4.6% of 954 intracranial aneurysm patients, and that exposure carried 2.00x higher adjusted odds of aneurysm rupture plus…
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 articleWhether alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and cannabis damage the same brain regions or different brain regions has been hard to settle in the addiction-imaging literature. A 2026 ENIGMA Addiction…
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