JRW Behavioral Health Services

07/31/2026

Community Drug Overdose Response (COR) Network
Spring 2026 Quarterly Report

06/29/2026

https://www.psypost.org/peer-behavior-and-drinking-habits-intersect-differently-for-young-and-older-adults/

A new study highlights how age and specific environments relate to drinking habits. Adapting to social norms is associated with higher alcohol use in youth, but linked to lower consumption among older adults in certain settings.

06/04/2026

Join us on June 12, 2026, for a day of training that will have real world impact. Mark Sanders, LCSW and Courtney Kibble, Psy.D, LPC, CADC will each present a half-day workshop. Mr. Sanders' workshop will satisfy the ICB and (IL) IDPR ethics requirement. Free breakfast and lunch!

06/04/2026

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Cannabis: An Epidemiologic and Genetic Narrative Review

09/13/2025

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1097926

After at least 48 hours of abstinence, frequent cannabis users showed no impartments in driving performance in a driving simulator study conducted by UC San Diego researchers.

09/13/2025

https://bestlifeonline.com/benzodiazepines-and-dementia/

Do Anxiety Meds Raise Dementia Risk? The Science Just Flipped

09/13/2025

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/americans-reevaluate-their-relationship-with-alcohol-as-consumption-hits-record-low-more-americans-confront-health-risks-of-even-moderate-drinking/articleshow/123874622.cms?from=mdr

Fewer Americans consume alcohol now. A recent survey indicates a decline in drinking habits. Health concerns are a major reason. More people view daily drinking as harmful. Alcohol-related deaths increased during the pandemic. New research links alcohol to cancer. The US Surgeon General issued an ad...

09/12/2025

During 2024, the CDC reported 180 emergency cases, 73 hospitalizations, and 3 deaths associated with the use of psilocybin edibles. A group of scientists wanted to know what is in these edibles.

This case series evaluates the active constituents of unregulated psilocybin mushroom edibles.

06/03/2025

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/cannabis-edibles-dangerous-heart-health

In a new study, researchers at UC San Francisco determined that eating edible cannabis, such as gummies, has the same impact on cardiovascular risk as smoking ma*****na.

05/02/2025

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7415a2.htm?s_cid=mm7415a2_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM146893&ACSTrackingLabel=%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2074%2C%20May%201%2C%202025&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM146893

This report describes 165 patients hospitalized for suspected medetomidine withdrawal syndrome in Philadelphia.