Substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic, relapsing disease with a highly multifaceted
pathology that includes (but is not limited to) sensitivity to drug-associated cues, negative …

Importance Opioids are frequently prescribed to children and adolescents after surgery.
Prescription opioid misuse is associated with high-risk behavior in youth. Evidence-based …

Introduction: Cannabis has been used for medical purposes across the world for centuries.
As states and countries implement medical and recreational cannabis policies, increasing …

Perioperative Opioids, the Opioid Crisis, and the Anesthesiologist | Anesthesiology |
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Background Although non-cigarette tobacco product use is increasing among US adults,
their associations with substance use and mental health problems are unclear. This study …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine preoperative patient characteristics
associated with postoperative outpatient opioid use and assess the frequency of …

Background Neuroimaging studies reveal structural and functional including neurochemical
brain abnormalities in individuals with substance use disorders compared to healthy …

Polysubstance abuse is common among substance-use disorder patients, and nicotine is
one of the most commonly co-used substances. Epidemiological and clinical laboratory …

Background: Overprescription of narcotic pain medication is a major culprit in the present
opioid epidemic plaguing the United States. The current literature on lower extremity opioid …

Background Tobacco smoking has been shown to be a major risk factor for opioid use and
opioid use disorders in several observational studies; however, the results are inconsistent …