UB Addiction News

CRIA faculty members comprise a dynamic research community at UB who make news with their breakthroughs in studying the causes, consequences and biology of addiction.

Mother's love may protect teens from abusive relationships
11/1/19

A strong positive relationship with their mother may help prevent teens from entering an abusive relationship later in life.

Celebrating longevity of UB T32 training grant
10/31/19

Over the past two decades, CRIA has trained more than 30 postdocs who’ve gone on to obtain research positions at universities across the country.

Do Opioid Intervention Courts work? UB study will provide the answer
10/30/19

UB study will compare Opioid Intervention Court and traditional drug court in four key areas, providing policymakers and providers with evidence of OIC’s effectiveness.

Role of psychology in responding to opioid addiction
10/3/19

A special journal issue co-edited by UB psychologist Jennifer Read focuses on how clinical psychologists can contribute their expertise to the crisis.

How relapse happens
9/23/19

UB researchers have found that opiates reduce levels of the protein necessary for developing and maintaining the brain's synapses.

Powerful opioid treatment program developed at UB goes statewide
7/24/19
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A program developed by University at Buffalo emergency medicine physicians to expedite patient access to comprehensive and effective opioid use disorder treatment is going statewide.
Marijuana use linked to partner intimacy
5/24/19

Marijuana use episodes among couples who frequently use the drug increase the likelihood of intimacy events, a UB-led study has found.

UB joins the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
4/30/19

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and UB's Clinical Research Institute on Addictions are among more than 100 organizations that have joined the national effort.