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  1. Nonilex @[email protected] ·

    The National Survey on #DrugUse & #Health is an annual survey of households conducted by the #SubstanceAbuse & #MentalHealth Administration, which is being dissolved in *#Health* Secy #RFKJr's overhaul of the nation's health agencies.

    "We survey about 70k people, 12 & older each year," says Jennifer Hoenig, who used to lead the team of scientists in charge of the survey, which is the largest in the country.

    #AddictionIsADisease #PublicHealth #SelfMedicating #eugenics #overdose #deaths #Trump

    #druguse #health #substanceabuse #mentalhealth #rfkjr #addictionisadisease
  2. Nonilex @[email protected] ·

    So much for giving a shit about #overdose #deaths

    They've tracked Americans' #DrugUse for decades. #Trump & #RFKJr fired them

    A federal #study on #MentalHealth problems & #SubstanceAbuse across the country that has been running for decades & is used by a wide range of researchers faces an uncertain future after Trump cuts.

    #AddictionIsADisease #PublicHealth #SelfMedicating #eugenics #FDT
    npr.org/sections/shots-health-

    #overdose #deaths #druguse #trump #rfkjr #study
  3. michael @[email protected] ·

    14-May-2025
    #Chimpanzees use #medicinal leaves to perform first aid
    Scientists observed chimpanzees in Uganda apparently cleaning and treating their own and others’ wounds

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    see also my feature on #animals #selfMedicating (#openArchives) proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2 #science #ethology #behaviour #ecology

    #chimpanzees #medicinal #animals #selfmedicating #openarchives #science