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2010-09-07T18:58:35Z Referring to problem drug users as 'junkies' or 'addicts' can interfere with their recovery, according to a British review of research on stigma and drug use.
2010-09-07T13:47:53Z Researchers have found four common risk factors among study participants addicted to opioid painkillers, and found evidence that genes could play a part in the addiction.
2010-09-06T13:50:00Z Alcoholics overestimate their ability to remember things, according to a new French study.
2010-09-01T22:30:22Z New research from the United Kingdom shows that personality-based interventions -- delivered by mental-health specialists or teachers given brief training -- can substantially reduce drug and alcohol use in teens.
2010-09-01T16:47:08Z In the high-flying '80s and '90s Wall Street employees were known as big cocaine users, but in these more sedate times investment professionals are turning to marijuana and prescription drugs to ease their stress.
2010-08-31T17:56:12Z California passed new legislation that holds adults legally accountable if they permit minors to drink in their homes.
2010-08-27T17:53:28Z An herb-and-chemical compound sold legally in the U.S. as incense is sending many of those who smoke it for its marijuana-like high to the hospital.
2010-08-27T17:43:13Z American students are essentially split over the question of whether their school is 'drug free,' but students still cite drugs as a major problem facing people their age, according to a new survey of 12- to 17-year-olds from the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
2010-08-24T22:19:09Z Women who drink five or more regular beers a week could nearly double their risk for psoriasis, a new study finds.
2010-08-24T20:21:12Z Massachusetts health officials approved a plan on Aug. 11 that will allow doctors and pharmacists to track narcotics prescriptions online -- a major step toward reducing “doctor shopping” in patients addicted to prescription drugs, officials said.
2010-08-24T19:27:03Z Young adults who misuse amphetamines have a three-fold risk for tears in the aorta -- the body's largest artery -- compared with nonusers.
2010-08-20T22:11:57Z Exposure to alcohol ads in magazines among 12-20 year olds fell 48 percent between 2001 and 2008, according to a new report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY).
2010-08-19T20:17:05Z The majority of US emergency-room (ER) visits for underage drinking are made by males, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
2010-08-19T14:54:29Z Canadian policymakers are debating whether to divert offenders with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) to specialized treatment programs or even to exempt them from incarceration altogether.
2010-08-17T20:21:23Z Tough college alcohol policies reduce underage and binge drinking on campus without causing a compensatory rise in marijuana use, according to investigators at the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research (CeASAR) at Children’s Hospital Boston.
2010-08-17T20:15:00Z Hispanic-American adults use drugs and alcohol less frequently than the general population, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA's) National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
2010-08-13T19:16:46Z Women who get pregnant later in life are at higher risk of having children with birth defects in general, and those over age 30 who binge on alcohol are more likely to have babies who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
2010-08-13T19:00:00Z People who abstain from alcohol are at higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis than those who drink regularly, and drinkers with arthritis report less-severe symptoms than non-drinkers, a new study finds.
2010-07-30T19:43:00Z Mandatory-minimum prison sentences for crack-cocaine would only kick in when defendants possess 28 grams or more of the drug under legislation passed this week by the U.S. House of Representatives.
2010-07-30T16:07:00Z Do you find yourself drinking more heavily when you are out with friends? There may be a gene for that.
2010-07-30T16:02:00Z The head of Colorado's medical-marijuana enforcement effort promises a comprehensive plan that other states could adopt as a model.
2010-07-29T21:57:00Z The state of Washington plans to impose tough new rules on doctors who want to prescribe opiate painkillers to patients, including mandatory third-party evaluation of patients who request higher doses of the drug but don???t show signs of improvement.
2010-07-29T21:55:00Z About 15 percent of people seeking recovery from alcoholism turn to clergy members for support, a University of Michigan study finds.
2010-07-29T21:55:00Z Republican candidates for Congress are slinging accusations of hypocrisy over marijuana use and policy, including the spectacle of a candidate who favors legalization defending a YouTube video focused on his opponent???s arrest a decade earlier for marijuana possession.
2010-07-28T22:13:00Z A study from the Harvard Medical School found that 17 percent of doctors knew of drunk, addicted or otherwise incompetent colleagues, but one-third said they did nothing to report the behavior.
2010-07-28T22:11:00Z Car crashes involving prescription drugs are often harder to detect and prosecute than those involving alcohol or illicit drugs.
2010-07-27T23:09:00Z A lack of mandated training for physicians has helped sink a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal intended to curb misuse of prescription drugs.
2010-07-27T17:03:00Z Veterans in states with medical-marijuana laws will be allowed to use the drug without losing their access to pain medication under a new policy announced by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
2010-07-27T16:04:00Z Recession penny-pinching and the homemade food fad are driving more Americans -- from hobbyists to trendy hipster kids -- to make homemade liquor, or moonshine.
2010-07-26T23:02:00Z Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell has spent months quietly trying to build consensus around a plan to shutter state liquor stores established after Prohibition and return the distribution of alcohol to private wholesalers and retailers.
2010-07-26T22:59:00Z Seeking greater control over who supplies marijuana to legal medical users, the city of Oakland has approved a plan that would license four large marijuana farms and sets hefty regulatory fees on the operations.
2010-07-26T22:52:00Z The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) gave colleges detailed advice on how to prevent student drinking in 2002, but the recommendations have not been widely adopted, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
2010-07-23T21:13:00Z Sedating children with over-the-counter or prescription medications may be an under-recognized form of abuse.
2010-07-23T21:10:00Z 'Flashblooding,' the act of injecting one heroin addict's blood into another to share a high or ward off withdrawal, is becoming increasingly common in some African cities.
2010-07-22T20:39:00Z Risk of stroke more than doubles in the hour immediately after consuming alcohol.
2010-07-22T20:36:00Z Strict licensing and regulation of New Mexico's medical-marijuana distribution has led to chronic shortages in supply of the drug.
2010-07-22T20:28:00Z With national health reform moving the field toward coordination of all aspects of an individual's medical care, longstanding federal requirements that govern information about clients in addiction treatment have come under scrutiny over their potential effect on integrated care.
2010-07-22T19:45:00Z Teenagers who engage in binge drinking could be upping their risk of developing osteoporosis later in life, a new animal study suggests.
2010-07-22T19:31:00Z Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson ordered the state's alcohol regulation agency to delay enforcing a decades old -- but largely ignored -- law that requires bars to price drinks according to alcohol content.
2010-07-21T22:08:00Z November's ballot will give Massachusetts residents a chance to vote on a pair of initiatives altering or repealing the state's alcohol tax.
2010-07-21T22:07:00Z About one in 10 people admitted to addiction treatment programs misuse prescription drugs, quadruple the rate reported in 1998.
2010-07-21T21:56:00Z Group addiction treatment can actually lead to more drug use by teens if they are casual users placed in sessions with more experienced addicts.
2010-07-21T21:56:00Z People in recovery often face a social dilemma: where to hang out when bars and clubs must remain off-limits. For many, so-called Token Clubs provide an answer -- and a safe haven.
2010-07-20T20:55:00Z The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has removed a trademark category for medical marijuana after receiving a flood of applications from producers seeking to claim various products and brand names for the drug.
2010-07-20T20:52:00Z Restrictions on precursor chemicals helped drive methamphetamine labs out of Oklahoma in the mid-2000s, but a new 'one-pot' recipe for the drug has labs proliferating in the state again.
2010-07-20T20:52:00Z Soldiers of the First Armored Division's Fourth Brigade are statistically at higher risk of death upon returning to their home base of Fort Bliss, Texas, than they were while deployed in Iraq.
2010-07-20T20:52:00Z Sales of alcohol for consumption at home has grown 21 percent since 2004, according to market research firm Mintel.
2010-07-19T22:33:00Z Retailers and distributors have pulled back on the production and sale of kombucha, a popular tea, as the government tests the drink to see if it meets alcohol regulation standards.
2010-07-19T22:32:00Z A small research study suggests that violent men with drinking problems can be successfully be treated with a combination of addiction counseling, behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.
2010-07-19T22:27:00Z A new animal study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) finds that small molecules called microRNA seem to play a role in regulating cocaine use, a discovery that eventually could lead to the development of novel new addiction treatments.
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