Addiction publishes press releases throughout the year. Please see the date-sorted list below for more information, and consult our archive for older press releases.

2018

Alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest threat to human welfare of all addictive drugs

11 May 2018

Debunking Two Claims about US Medical Marijuana

22 February 2018

2017

Reversing opioid overdose: Concentrated naloxone nasal spray as good as injection

16 November 2017

No magic pill to cure alcohol dependence yet

21 September 2017

Do we need to reform international drug treaties as more countries legalise cannabis?

08 September 2017

Smokers in Clinical Studies Who Say They've Quit Often Haven't

23 August 2017

The Cost of Opioid Use during Pregnancy

14 June 2017

Review Confirms Link between Drug Use and Poor Dental Health

16 March 2017

Current controls on alcohol marketing are not protecting youth, warn public health experts

10 January 2017

2016

US and Mexican controls on precursor chemicals may reduce cocaine and methamphetamine use in the US

17 August 2016

New study supports link between alcohol advertising and adolescent drinking

03 August 2016

New review concludes that evidence for alcohol causing cancer is strong

22 July 2016

UK government should fund media campaigns that promote quitting, not films that promote smoking

01 July 2016

New study shows a generational shift toward lighter drinking in Australia

29 June 2016

Prohibition 2016: Assessing the UK's Psychoactive Substances Act

25 May 2016

The trouble with drinking guidelines: What, in the world, is a standard drink?

13 April 2016

Take-home naloxone should be an additional standard of care for prevention of heroin overdose deaths

30 March 2016

Nearly half of women who stop smoking during pregnancy go back to smoking soon after baby is born

16 March 2016

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