NH Files Marijuana Legalization Bill
The burn to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes is slowly making its way across the country. Washington State and Colorado were first, and now five legislators in New Hampshire have...
Read More#1 Cause of Death Among Homeless Is Drug Overdose, Says Study
A study conducted in Boston found that a shift in cause of death among homeless people has occurred in the last 15 years. According to the JAMA Internal Medicine, it...
Read MoreDUI Courts Implemented in VT
Based on the efficacy of the three drug courts currently up and running in Vermont, the state’s governor, Pete Shumlin, announced that he will be adding a new DUI court,...
Read MoreDrug Rehab Instead of Prison Could Save Billions, Says Report
The debate about the efficacy of drug courts has been waged for the past decade, and now one more study has landed solidly in the “pro” column. Published in the...
Read MoreNew Ice Cubes Designed to Help People Identify Dangerous Levels of Alcohol Intake
When Dhairya Dand, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suffered an alcohol-induced blackout, he headed straight to the lab to create a device that would help others...
Read MoreBath Salt Use Compared to Russian Roulette
The abuse of “bath salts” has garnered much media attention over the last few years with a number of bizarre and gruesome crimes related to the drug’s use around the...
Read MorePrescription Drug Abuse Is the #1 Cause of ER Visits in LA
Many people were shocked when the number of deaths each year from prescription drug abuse surpassed that of motor vehicle accidents in the US. Now, new statistics out of Los...
Read MoreSubstance Abuse May Negatively Impact Long-Term Sexual Performance
If the new research is correct, new evidence about the impact of drug abuse on a male’s sexual abilities may be one major piece of information to sway men from...
Read MoreAlcohol Disruptive to Sleep in Second Half of the Night, Says Study
A nightcap before bed has long been believed to help you fall asleep and get a better night’s rest, and a new report out of the London Sleep Centre has...
Read MoreDecoy Pill Bottles May Help Law Enforcement Stop Thieves
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is going high-tech in the fight against prescription drug abuse and diversion. Many pharmacies around the country have been held at gunpoint by...
Read MoreNM Jail Wants to Stop Giving Opiate-Addicted Inmates Methadone
The Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque is New Mexico’s largest jail and one of only a handful of correctional facilities across the country that participates in a methadone program for...
Read MoreMN Painkiller Addiction Down, Heroin Addiction Up
There’s been a shifting pattern in drug use and abuse around much of the country over the last decade; heroin use has been steady or dropping while abuse of chemically...
Read MoreBinge Drinking Connected to Type II Diabetes
From a plethora of past research we know that excessive drinking has countless negative impacts on human health and well-being. One of these issues is a link between type 2...
Read MoreOverdose Education and Prevention Are Lifesavers
New research from the Boston Medical Center found that opioid overdose education programs are effective at saving lives. The study’s results, published in the British Medical Journal, demonstrated that a...
Read MoreNYC Reports Sevenfold Increase in Deadly Painkiller Overdoses
Despite the countrywide prescription painkiller epidemic, some people still mistakenly believe that the problem mostly exists in rural areas and that it’s not much of an issue for urbanites. However,...
Read MoreOR and CO Officials Propose Less Regulation for Marijuana Laws
Although 18 states plus the District of Columbia have made marijuana legal for either medical or recreational use, it does not guarantee that businesses considered legal within the borders of...
Read MoreThe Link Between Brain Shape and Cocaine Dependence
Can the shape of your brain predict whether or not you will be more likely to become dependent on cocaine? A new study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry found...
Read MoreMed School Ethics Policy May Affect How Doctors Prescribe Painkillers
Doctors and the pharmaceutical industry must work closely together in order for patients to receive the best medicines available for their particular ailment. However, the way in which drug companies...
Read MoreMO Tops Country With 12,000 Drug Court Graduates
Missouri is leading the way in the US for its implementation of drug courts in 43 of its 45 judicial circuits. The state has been using drug courts for more...
Read MoreReal Housewives’ Kim Richards Discusses the Joys of Sobriety
Kim Richards, former child star of Escape to Witch Mountain and now a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHBH), has come forward to discuss her sobriety...
Read MoreFeds Say Priest May Have Used Drug Money to Buy Adult Store
It is not often you hear the words “priest,” “addict,” “crystal meth dealer” and “adult store owner” in the same sentence, but according to investigators, these appear to be the...
Read MoreFamily Members of Painkiller Overdose Victims Speak Out
Family and loved ones of individuals who have died due to an overdose of prescription painkillers begged federal drug regulators in Washington to change the labels on these medications. In...
Read MoreCO Debates New Drugged Driving Limits
For the first time in America’s history, a state now has to determine how much marijuana is okay in an individual’s system to safely drive. When the drug was illegal,...
Read MoreDoes Crime Always Follow Drug Addiction?
Drugs and alcohol have often been blamed for criminal behavior, but many often focus on the fact that possessing, buying, selling or using illicit substances is a crime in and...
Read MoreJudge Tells Addict to Take Responsibility for His Heroin Addiction
After a series of crimes and a stint in prison, Ryan Mounts, 32, found himself once again standing in a front of LaPorte Circuit Judge Tom Alevizos in Indiana after...
Read MoreJenelle Evans Talks Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms
Many are calling for MTV to cancel the show Teen Mom 2 in an effort to save the life of its main wild child star, Jenelle Evans. The world of...
Read MoreThe Effect of Addiction on the Brain
Over the last decade, addiction research has brought new understanding of the disorder and now scientists may be adopting the view that the issue at its core is a dysfunctional...
Read MoreCVS Stores Blocked From Selling Controlled Substances
In an attempt to crack down on the out-of-control prescription drug problem in the US, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has turned its attention to national drug store chains...
Read MoreA New Drug to Treat Cocaine Addiction Fails in Clinical Trials
Cocaine addiction is an insidious problem and scientists have yet to find a prescription medication to help addicts break the potentially lethal grip of the drug. As users develop a...
Read MoreNaltrexone Implants vs. Oral Naltrexone: Which One Works Better?
Heroin addiction is defined in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) under the larger umbrella term “opioid dependence.” The disease, as with many addictions, is characterized by relapse....
Read MoreSome MA Communities May Attempt to Delay New Marijuana Laws
On Election Day 2012, the state of Massachusetts voted to make the use of medical marijuana legal. According to state officials, there are many questions left unanswered by the legislation....
Read MoreHeroin Addiction Can Be Blocked, Says New Study
Researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia along with the University of Colorado believe they may have found a way to block addiction to opiate drugs, such as morphine...
Read MoreChina’s Controversial Brain Surgery: A Cure for Drug Addiction?
A tiny group of doctors in China have been allowed to perform a brain surgery aimed at curing addiction. While on the surface, this may sound like an honorable pursuit,...
Read MoreDrug Dealer or Addiction Healer? Suboxone Sells
For years, there has been a need for a prescription medication to treat addiction. Although most people agree that some drugs have proved extremely beneficial to help patients more comfortably...
Read MoreOptions in Drug Rehab Are Sparse in KY
Currently, Kentucky is fighting one of the worst prescription drug epidemics in the US. The state now sees more than 1,000 of its citizens die each year due to prescription...
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Will Increased Gaming Expand Gambling Addiction Problem in OH?
New research from Kent State University (KSU) shows that Ohio does not currently have a large gambling problem, but officials in the state worry that the rate of gambling addiction...
Read MoreShould All Adults Be Screened for Alcohol Abuse?
Can a few simple questions help avoid years of struggle and possible premature death? According to the United States Preventative Services Task Force, it can. After analyzing recent research on...
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Sister of Addiction Victim Runs to Fight Drug Dependence
Heidi Koehl has experienced more loss in her young life than any child should have to, but she is attempting to put a positive spin on her grief. Koehl lost...
Read MoreProject Bean Sprout: Helping Babies Born Addicted to Drugs
Alexandra Christopoulos is an example to all kids who think they are too young to make a difference. At the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (ETCH), Christopoulos heard there was a...
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In The House Star Shares Struggles With Drug Addiction
It’s not easy for child stars to transition into adult acting careers, and Maia Campbell who played Tiffany on the 1990s sitcom In the House with LL Cool J and...
Read MoreDrug and Alcohol Abuse Connected to Early Life Strokes
It’s a heartbreaking story and it’s one that hits the news periodically: A young adult who seems in optimum health unexpectedly succumbs to stroke. Why does it happen? A new...
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Junk Food Addiction: The Real Deal
New research coming out of the University of Florida (U of F) supports the theory that food creates the same reaction in the brain as addictive drugs. Certain foods manage...
Read MoreWhich Came First: The Mental Health Disorder or the Addiction?
When your loved one is living with a co-occurring disorder – the existence of both a mental health disorder and an addiction to alcohol or another drug – you may...
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CPS Cases Linked to Crystal Meth Abuse on the Rise
In San Angelo, Texas, the local authorities are seeing a disturbing trend: An increasing number of children are ending up in the foster care system due to their parents’ crystal...
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Patents Pending on New Drug Addiction Treatment Meds in Europe
MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, recently announced they had been granted a Notices of Allowances from the European Patent Office (EPO) for not just one but two pending patents for...
Read MoreHeroin Addiction: The New Pastime of the OC
Heroin was once thought of as a drug used only by junkies – often those who were homeless or hardcore criminals. However, in the wake of the prescription drug abuse...
Read MoreIntervention 101: Staging a Drug and Alcohol Intervention for Your Loved One
Staging an intervention is one of the most effective ways to “draw a line in the sand” when it comes to dealing with your loved one’s addiction. When he or...
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Is Prayer an Effective Tool Against Addiction?
Operation Unite in Pikeville, Kentucky held a prayer rally for addiction in 2012. The event brought together hundreds of former addicts, family members and concerned individuals from the local community...
Read MoreHow Drug Addiction Develops
Drug addiction rarely happens overnight. Usually, it starts small and slowly worsens over time. From the first experimental use to the moment that the patient realizes that he is living...
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It’s Official: Prescription Drug Addiction Has Reached Epidemic Proportions
The moment that the number of individuals dying every year due to prescription drug overdoses surpassed the number of people dying in motor vehicle crashes in the same period, the...
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