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Organic Cannabis v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
The Ninth Circuit ruled that medical cannabis dispensaries filed their Tax Court petitions too late. The IRS mailer was valid, so the case was dismissed.
Health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of diversion programs for low-level drug offenders: A model-based analysis
A jail diversion program for drug offenses would reduce HIV and HCV infections, overdose deaths, and incarceration rates while also saving money. Such programs benefit both individuals and the community.
Individual Differences in Accumbofrontal Tract Integrity Relate to Risky Decisions Under Stress in Adolescents and Adults
Adolescents' individual brain development and exposure to stress may influence their risk-taking decisions. A specific brain pathway, the accumbofrontal tract, can differentiate how stress affects risky decisions, regardless of age.
Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline
Tobacco dependence is a chronic addiction that requires sustained treatment, not just encouragement to quit. New guidelines offer an evidence-based pathway for initial medication therapy to improve patient care.
Neural Processes During Adolescent Risky Decision Making Are Associated with Conformity to Peer Influence
Adolescents often take more risks, especially with peers, which can be both harmful and beneficial. This study explores how brain activity and connections relate to risky driving under peer influence.
Mechanisms Linking Childhood Trauma Exposure and Psychopathology: a Transdiagnostic Model of Risk and Resilience
Childhood trauma is a significant risk factor for various mental health conditions throughout life. It influences social, emotional, and biological development, increasing vulnerability to psychopathology.
"Permanently Incorrigible" Is a Patently Ineffective Standard: Reforming the Administration of Juvenile Life Without Parole
This article examines challenges in applying the Supreme Court's "irreparable corruption" standard for juvenile life without parole.
Healthy Development as a Human Right: Insights from Developmental Neuroscience for Youth Justice
This article argues that healthy development is a human right, not a privilege. It highlights how the US justice system often denies this right to youth, especially children of color, by treating them as adults.
Estimating the impact of wide scale uptake of screening and medications for opioid use disorder in US prisons and jails
Implementing medication for opioid use disorder in all US prisons and jails could prevent many overdose deaths. An estimated 3,200 to 11,200 lives could be saved annually if these treatments were widely available.
Alcohol Addiction, Gut Microbiota, and Alcoholism Treatment: A Review
Alcohol use disorder causes significant death and disability, impacting brain function and increasing risks of anxiety, depression, and liver disease. Current treatments offer limited success, highlighting a need for new interventions.
E-cigarettes, nicotine, the lung and the brain: Multi-level cascading pathophysiology
E-cigarettes are perceived as safer than tobacco, but their health effects, especially on the brain and lungs, are not fully understood. Research is struggling to keep pace with increasing use and changing perceptions.
Sex Differences in the Neurobiology of Alcohol Use Disorder
This article highlights that sex differences influence alcohol use disorder (AUD) risk. Researchers are increasingly including females in studies to understand how sex impacts the transition from alcohol use to misuse.
Insights into the neurobiology of craving in Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is driven by brain changes that enhance drug-related craving. This craving, a complex interplay of reward, stress, and learning, fuels drug-seeking and relapse.
Amended Brief of AIDS United, et al, as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees Safehouse & Jose Benitez and Seeking Affirmance of Order Granting Final Declaratory Judgment
A coalition of health organizations supports Safehouse's plan for a supervised consumption site. They argue it saves lives, reduces disease, and connects people to treatment without increasing crime, aligning with federal law.
Brief of Faith Leaders in Philadelphia and Beyond as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff Safehouse
This brief argues that blocking Safehouse's overdose prevention site burdens the religious freedom of its board members. Their faith traditions command saving lives and providing care, which Safehouse aims to do.