Addressing Alcoholism in an Ageing Population Alcoholism Risk by Dr. Gerard M. DiLeo, MD, CLCP: By the year 2050, it is projected that the aging population of people over 60 will more than double, to over 2 billion worldwide, rising to 22% of the global population. We are living in a...
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Increasing Numbers of Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment
Recent years have seen an increase in their admission to substance abuse treatment and increased injection drug use among those over the age of 50. Researchers affiliated with New York University’s Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR), and NYU’s School of Medicine (NYUSoM) recently studied trends for opioid...