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A survey of 388 Riyadh parents of children with ADHD found 95.6% recognized attention problems, but 68.3% thought ADHD always involves hyperactivity and only 41.5% knew ADHD medication does …
Read articleDrug 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 articleA 2026 IMAGEN stop-signal task analysis found that evidence accumulation, response caution, and go-failure probability predicted cigarette-plus-cannabis use at ages 19 and 23, while inhibiti…
Read articleA 2026 survey of 38 drug checking services found that Latin American programs faced a different operating reality than US programs: funding was a major barrier more often (80% vs. 54%), drug…
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 articleCBD has solid evidence for rare pediatric epilepsies, preliminary signal in anxiety and psychosis, and insufficient evidence for most conditions it’s marketed for.
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