Not currently enrolling Up to 20 methamphetamine-using participants between the ages of 21 and 55 years old will be part of this study.
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how people who use methamphetamine respond to stressful events, such as being in an emergency department (ED) setting. By doing this study, we also hope to find out whether certain tasks make a space at UAMS that looks like an ED seem more like an actual ED. This is not a treatment study. This study involves three 3-hour visits to UAMS, including an
09/28/2023
UAMS, Arkansas Children’s, Baptist Health and Proton International Open State’s First Proton Center - UAMS News The Proton Center of Arkansas opened today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), becoming the first proton therapy center in Arkansas and only the 43rd in the nation to provide the most advanced cancer radiation treatment in the world. Proton therapy is a cutting-edge form of ra...
09/14/2023
Fentanyl mixed with co***ne or m**h is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.
08/31/2023
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08/30/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/health/narcan-over-the-counter/index.html
Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan to hit shelves next week, drugmaker says | CNN The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, will be available in retail stores and online as soon as next week, its manufacturer said Wednesday.
08/16/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/health/drug-alcohol-addiction-kff-poll/index.html
Nearly 1 in 10 adults in the US has lost a family member to drug overdose, new KFF poll finds | CNN The drug epidemic has become deadlier than ever in the United States in recent years, and a new poll from KFF captures the significant toll that substance use has had on families nationwide.
https://www.justice.gov/archive/olp/m**hawareness/
USDOJ: M**h Awareness Homepage M**hamphetamine abuse has become a tremendous challenge for the entire Nation. Education, prevention, and community involvement are key parts of our National Strategy to reduce the demand for m**h. People who know about the destructive effects of m**h on the user and the community, are far less like...
06/07/2023
The clinic is June 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Freeway Medical Tower, 5800 W. 10th St., Suite 501. https://bit.ly/42plbia
05/25/2023
Identifying m**hamphetamine exposure in children M**hamphetamine (MAMP) use, distribution and manufacture remain a serious public health and safety problem in the United States, and children environmentally exposed to MAMP face a myriad of developmental, social and health risks, including severe abuse ...
05/18/2023
Make That Connection: Dr. Mike Wilson Listen to this episode from Wonks at Work on Spotify. Harm reduction is a key part of how we address the opioid epidemic. Making the overdose-reversal drug naloxone more widely available is a mainstay of harm reduction and the chief objective of ACHI's NaloxHome program. It is also critical to c***e...
05/16/2023
ACHI President Discusses Surge in Overdose Deaths in Arkansas During Pandemic - ACHI Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas reached new heights during the COVID-19 pandemic, with illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other synthetic opioids contributing to the increase, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson says in a new interview with radio station KUAF.
05/05/2023
Happy Nurses Week to our wonderful ED nurses!