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U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling drugs as a public health issue could offer a powerful tool for lowering national crime rates, officials said on Thursday.
An annual drug monitoring report, released by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, also showed [...]
HERSHEY, Pa. — A history of binge eating — consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time — may make an individual more likely to show other addiction-like behaviors, including substance abuse, according to Penn StateCollege of Medicine researchers. In the short term, this finding may shed light on the factors that promote substance [...]
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
The number of babies born addicted to the class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers has nearly tripled in the past decade, according to the first national study of its kind.
About 3.4 of every 1,000 infants born in a hospital in 2009 suffered from a type of drug withdrawal commonly seen [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — There may be good news for people battling alcoholism. A new drug designed to help those with the addiction has passed a major test hurdle.
“Baclofen carries a lot of hope for that condition,” said Dr. Aly Hassan, a clinical psychiatrist with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the VA Medical Center. [...]
Former NBA player Chris Herren visited Island Trees High School on Wednesday to share his story of drug addiction with students.
The former Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics player shared with students how his promising college and professional career was derailed by drug use.
In 1994, Herren was one of the top high school recruits in the [...]
NEW YORK – Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic.
Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets, [...]
By Jason Mullins
The Carter County Anti-Drug Coalition is considering an in-school program designed to reduce the use of mood-altering substances in the local youth population.
On Monday evening, the CCADC gathered as part of their ongoing efforts to seek solutions and answers to the growing problem of drug abuse and addiction in Elizabethton, Carter County and Northeast [...]
For over twenty years, Saint Jude Retreats has helped thousands of individuals all over the world overcome a drug and/or alcohol problem. Saint Jude’s is diligent about explaining to parents the severity of placing a young adult in an alcohol and drug treatment program where they will be labeled with a disease and recognizing the difference [...]
We’ve all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary Pulido, Ph.D., from the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in [...]
We’d like to welcome our newest AiR team member, Lindsay Stenson. She started with AiR in the Fall of 2003, worked with us for 6 years, got married and moved to Colorado and has now rejoined us in a new role. We are very excited to have her back.
Lindsay will serve as [...]
