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Impact of Marijuana Laws Suggests Increased Use Seen Among Adults

How has new legislation affected marijuana use in the United States? The best available data suggest that marijuana use is increasing in adults but not teens, with a decrease in marijuana-related arrests but an increase in treatment admissions, according to …

Study Finds Many Opioid Overdoses Not Linked to Chronic Abusers

Overdoses of opioid pain medications frequently occur in people who aren’t chronic users with high prescribed opioid doses—the groups targeted by current opioid prescribing guidelines, reports a study in the August issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by …