A new study funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in World Psychiatry has found that fully vaccinated individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) may be more likely to suffer breakthrough infections of the virus, though the risk remains low.
Story continues below
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
“Among SUD patients, the risk for breakthrough infection ranged from 6.8 per cent for tobacco use disorder to 7.8 per cent for cannabis use disorder, all significantly higher than the 3.6 per cent in non-SUD population,” the study states.
The study took into account the electronic health records of nearly 580,000 fully vaccinated people in the U.S., including those with alcohol, cannabis,
Read full article on The Growth Op
