Mental Health Newsletters

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CESAR FAX

The CESAR FAX is a project of the Center for Substance Abuse Research. Please visit their website at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp. Archived issues dating back to 1992 are available therein. Below are some recent issues.

2013 Issues

Study Finds That 14% of Undergraduate Students at a Southeastern University Reported Synthetic Cannabinoid Use; Users More Likely to Be Male and Identify as LGBT

Alcohol-Involved Fatal Crashes More Likely to Occur on Weekends and at Nighttime; Drug-Involved Fatal Crashes Likely to Occur Anytime

U.S. High School Students Report Relaxation, Having Fun, and Feeling Good as Top Reasons for Misusing Prescription Drugs

Synthetic Marijuana Third Most Reported Substance Used by U.S. High School Students

Number of Unintentional Opioid Analgesic Deaths Continue to Increase; Benzodiazepine-Related Unintentional Deaths Now Surpass Cocaine

Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S. Continue to Increase

Slightly More Than One-Half of Physicians Offer Advice to Teenagers Regarding Drinking, Smoking, or Drug Use at Routine Checkups

Arrest Rate for Drug Abuse Violations Decreases for Fifth Year in a Row

Number of Energy Drink-Related Emergency Department Visits Doubles from 2007 to 2011

Decline in Past Month Alcohol Use Among U.S. 8th Graders Reaches Record Low

Majority of U.S. Emergency Department Visits Involving Synthetic Cannabinoids Involve No Other Substances

Percentage of College Freshmen Drinking Beer in the Past Year Continues to Decline

Percentage of D.C. Adult Arrestees Testing Positive for Cocaine Declines to 16% in 2012

CDC Alert: Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Synthetic Marijuana Use in Six States

Marijuana Remains Drug Most Commonly Detected Among D.C. Juvenile Arrestees

Number of U.S. Emergency Department Visits Involving Buprenorphine Increases Nearly Ten-Fold from 2005 to 2010

Characteristics of Patients Prescribed Buprenorphine

U.S. High School Seniors More Likely to Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes

Marijuana Use Continues to Increase as Perceived Risk of Use Decreases Among U.S. High School Seniors

CESAR FAX 2012 Bound and Indexed Volume Now Available