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Recreational Ancestry DNA Testing May Reveal More Than Consumers Bargained for

Victoria A. Lopez (right), an MPH student, explains how the wearable temperature sensor on her left arm works to a potential study participant at a restaurant in Chelsea.
B-COOL

Sweating for Science: SPH Measures Heat Where Bostonians Work, Play, and Live

addiction.

Reuters

Obesity-Related Pain Contributes to Opioid Use

in Global Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health

Tagged: addiction, chronic pain, joint pain, obesity, opioids, pain, substance use, substance use disorder

Pot Network

Cannabis Won’t Solve the Opioid Epidemic and That CBD and Heroin Use Study Didn’t Find What You Think It Did

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health

Tagged: addiction, addiction treatment, cannabis, marijuana, marijuana laws, medical marijuana, opioids, substance use, substance use disorder

WalletHub

Drug Use by State: 2019’s Problem Areas

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Interview with Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, substance use disorder

SILive

Study: New York Ranked 34th in Drug Use and Addiction

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, drug use, opioids, substance use, substance use disorder

Canton Repository

Medical Experts Divided on Pot as Opioid Substitute

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, cannabis, chronic pain, marijuana, medical marijuana, opioids, substance use, substance use disorder

Greenfield Recorder

Greenfield, Montague, Athol and Orange to Join in $89M National Opioid Study

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Jeffrey Samet, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, substance use disorder

Sentinel & Enterprise

Legislators Push Treatment over Punishment for Drug Addicts

in Alumni, SPH In the Media

Quotes doctoral student Tami Gouveia

Tagged: addiction, addiction treatment, criminal justice system, student, substance use disorder

North Andover Eagle-Tribune

US Attorney Seeks to Squelch Idea of ‘Supervised Injection’ Sites

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose, safe injection

Salem News

Injection Sites Gain Support

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose, safe injection

Newburyport Daily News

US Attorney Opposes ‘Supervised Injection’ Sites

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose, safe injection

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