Sometimes admitting to yourself and others that you need help can be one of the most difficult steps to take on your road to recovery. But if you do, there ... Read More

Sometimes when the alcoholic's problems reach the crisis level, the only choice left to his family is professional intervention. What is intervention? How does it work? Does it work? More: Al-Anon ... Read More

The illegal drug MDMA more commonly known as "Ecstasy" or "XTC," can trigger heart attacks, according to a case report in the December 2003 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine. ... Read More

The death of a 20-year-old LSU fraternity pledge in 1997 drew the nation's attention to the growing problem of drinking at colleges, or more specifically the increasing numbers of students ... Read More

I don't ever remember seeing Bobby drunk, but I never saw him sober either. You know what I mean: he could drink all day and you could never tell it ... Read More

Most of us are aware of the dangers of mixing alcohol with other depressants like tranquilizers, but the labels on almost all over the counter pain relief medications contain warnings ... Read More

The elephant's there. It's real and it's not going away. So why tell the children it's a secret? This may sound too incredible to believe, but this is exactly what ... Read More

Many people who have a problem with alcohol are not alcoholics, and in order to quit drinking they do not necessarily need medical treatment, peer group support, or a spiritual ... Read More

Researchers find evidence that use of anabolic steroids may have long-term effects on players’ behavior and aggression levels well after they stop abusing these performance enhancing drugs. More: Anabolic Steriods FAQs ... Read More

One of the most frustrating factors in dealing with alcoholism, as a relative, friend or professional, is it is almost always accompanied by a phenomenon known as denial. In the ... Read More

Many people who have a problem with alcohol are not alcoholics, and in order to quit drinking they do not necessarily need medical treatment, peer group support, or a spiritual ... Read More

For the friends and family of the alcoholic, the key to serenity is finding the wisdom to know the difference between what they can and cannot change. Detachment does not ... Read More

A study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown that combining medication and family treatment leads to improved outcomes in male heroin abusers. A key to the success ... Read More

The Harvard School of Public Health's College Alcohol Study will expand this year to become the Study of College Health Behaviors and will include an online version of its survey ... Read More

The Hazelden Foundation has launched a new, expanded Web site online at offering visitors thousands of pages of searchable information about addiction and includes the internet's largest recovery bookstore. More: Commonly ... Read More

The Alaska Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider its earlier ruling which allowed adults to possess small amounts of marijuana in the privacy of their homes for personal use. ... Read More

New research indicates that a liking for sweets precedes alcoholism and may in fact serve as a 'marker' for the genetic risk for developing alcoholism. More: Genetics of Alcoholism | Is ... Read More

An examination of college students' ability to define 'standard drinks' suggests that college students drink significantly more than they think they do. This phenomenon may also be a factor in ... Read More

A new study of alcohol dependence among two culturally distinct tribes in the United States has found that alcohol problems are not nearly as serious as some stereotypes may suggest. More: ... Read More

The Entertainment Industries Council (EIC) which holds the annual PRISM Awards televised event to honor the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction by Hollywood, has opened ... Read More

As Mexican-American teens become more "Americanized," their alcohol, tobacco and drug use increases to match that of white teens, many studies have shown. New research suggests that this acculturation may ... Read More

Results of two new studies show that people with substance abuse disorders often have accompanying medical or psychiatric conditions and treatment programs should include medical screening. More: Sleep Problems in Recovering ... Read More

Rutgers University has received a five-year, $6 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the National Institutes of Health, to establish a center to develop ... Read More

A study by the Center for Court Innovation of New York's drug court system shows that offenders who are sent to court-order treatment programs, rather than jail or prison, are ... Read More

A study by Northwestern University researchers shows that about half of teens in juvenile detention have two or more psychiatric disorders and substance abuse disorders. The most common combination was ... Read More

Alaska governor's office will receive almost $3.5 million over five years to increase the capacity of state treatment systems to provide effective, coordinated and integrated treatment services to persons with ... Read More

A police raid at a South Carolina high school in which a dozen officers stormed into the hallways with their guns drawn, handcuffed students, and used drug-sniffing dogs to search ... Read More

Researchers have shown that a chemical that occurs naturally in both the rodent and human brain, reduces some effects of cocaine when additional amounts are administered to the region ... Read More

The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a total of $5.6 million in federal funding for its ongoing and proposed efforts to reduce alcohol abuse among college students, in ... Read More

Granting a request by the Food and Drug Administration, a federal judge ordered an Oklahoma-based pharmacy chain that imports prescription drugs from Canada to shut down their Rx Depot and ... Read More

In a rare legal move, an Oregon county prosecutor has charged a corporation with criminal drunken driving and other charges related to a crash that killed eight of its employees ... Read More

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has announced the launch of a new website aimed specifically at educating youth about addiction and drug abuse. It is part of a larger ... Read More

A new survey in the United Kingdom has found that almost two-thirds of young women admit to drinking so much that they woke up the next morning with virtually no ... Read More

Top Florida officials, with the encouragment of the company that manufactures and markets OcyContin, plan to push legislation that would create a prescription-tracking database system in hopes of reducing an ... Read More

Self mutilation, self injury or self-inflicted violence is defined as the intentional harm of one's own body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. The vast majority of self-mutilators, or cutters as ... Read More

Marijuana use is much more dangerous that believed and hundreds of young people die each year in "accidents" caused by their prolonged use of the drug, according to Britain's most ... Read More

Because a recent survey revealed that most Britons have no idea what constitutes safe drinking levels, the country's leading lobby group for safer drinking has joined physicians in calling for ... Read More

A New Hampshire man who was stopped while riding and bicycle and ticketed for driving under the influence failed to convince the state his bicycle should not be considered a ... Read More

Older women with a history of alcohol use are significantly more likely than nondrinkers to be diagnosed with hormonally sensitive forms of breast cancer, according to researchers at Fred Hutchinson ... Read More