{"id":18957,"date":"2025-04-19T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=18957"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:17:21","slug":"the-relationship-between-alcohol-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/04\/the-relationship-between-alcohol-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relationship Between Alcohol & Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

From NIHCM Newsletter \/ April 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/h1>\n
\n

\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Alcohol & Substance Use<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Learn about the latest news on substance use, including views on alcohol, and how fentanyl deaths are declining.<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Alcohol Awareness:\u00a0<\/strong>April\u00a0is alcohol-awareness month and an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of alcohol use and how\u00a0alcohol-related deaths\u00a0have increased over the last decade, with a sharp increase during\u00a0early-pandemic\u00a0years. A new\u00a0Pew Research Center survey\u00a0explores Americans’ views on the risks and benefits of alcohol consumption. A majority of routine drinkers, 59%, say their alcohol use increases their risk of serious physical health problems at least a little.<\/li>\n
  • Fentanyl Deaths Declining:\u00a0<\/strong>Recent preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates a 25% decrease in opioid overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending in October 2024, compared to the same timeframe in 2023. This is driven in large part by a reduction in the number of deaths involving fentanyl. The Wall Street Journal examines the\u00a0decline in a series of charts. KFF Health News discusses how\u00a0misinformation\u00a0about fentanyl is impacting the overdose response.<\/li>\n
  • Federal Funding:\u00a0<\/strong>A\u00a0federal judge\u00a0has temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from terminating a variety of public health funds that had been allocated to states during the Covid-19 pandemic, including funding that was being used to support opioid addiction and mental health treatments. The administration also\u00a0closed the office\u00a0that tracked alcohol-related deaths and harms and helped develop policies to reduce them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Resources & Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • The US Surgeon General\u2019s 2025 Advisory,\u00a0Alcohol and Cancer Risk, describes the scientific evidence for the causal link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk for cancer.<\/li>\n
    • NPR dives into\u00a08 theories from experts\u00a0on why fentanyl overdose deaths are declining, including increased access to Naloxone, better public health, and the waning effects of the COVID pandemic.<\/li>\n
    • The National Academy for State Health Policy\u2019s\u00a0State Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions\u00a0tracker shares state-level settlement funding decisions and priorities.<\/li>\n
    • With support from a $5.4 million Elevance Health Foundation grant,\u00a0Shatterproof\u00a0created an\u00a0online training curriculum\u00a0for healthcare professionals that aims to dispel myths and misunderstandings about substance use disorder, and promote person-centered, culturally responsive care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Source: https:\/\/nihcm.org\/newsletter\/the-relationship-between-alcohol-and-health<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      From NIHCM Newsletter \/ April 2025 Alcohol & Substance Use Learn about the latest news on substance use, including views on alcohol, and how fentanyl deaths are declining. Alcohol Awareness:\u00a0April\u00a0is alcohol-awareness month and an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of alcohol use and how\u00a0alcohol-related deaths\u00a0have increased over the last decade, with a sharp increase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,68,64,40,36,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-drug-use-various-effects","category-health","category-prevention-research","category-treatment-addiction","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}