Substance Abuse

NIH Research Shows Increasing Prevalence & Severity of Cannabis Use Disorder in US Adults, While Alcohol Use Disorder Steadies or Declines a Bit

New findings from the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) show that the prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) among American adults, both male and female and across multiple age groups… Read More

Non-Invasive Low-Power Electrical Stimulation Is Shown in Trial to Modulate Brain Circuitry Involved in Regulating Drug Craving in Opioid Addiction

In the continuing search for new and more effective methods of treating addiction, researchers in the U.S. and around the world have been testing various modes of non-invasive brain stimulation,… Read More

Two Medicines for Alcohol Use Disorder May Be Effective in Different, Non-Overlapping Patient Subgroups, Animal Tests Suggest

Researchers led by a BBRF grantee report results of experiments that have potentially valuable precision-medicine implications for treating people with alcohol-use disorder (AUD). Read More

Unique Opportunity to Personalize Deep Brain Stimulation for Severe Opioid Use Disorder Yields Highly Specific Target & Clinical Remission in a Patient

Researchers co-led by BBRF grantees have conducted a clinical test of a new way to target deep-brain stimulation (DBS)-based treatments to prevent drug craving and relapse in a patient with… Read More

Alcohol-Regulating Hormone Delivered in Combination With GLP-1 Drug Could Have Potential Application in Alcohol Use Disorder, Animal Study Suggests

Researchers led by a BBRF grantee report new research extending knowledge about how a naturally occurring hormone called FGF21 helps to regulate alcohol consumption. Using a synthetic analogue of the… Read More

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