Alcoholism Blog

For heavy marijuana smokers -- those who smoke 25 days or more per month -- withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit smoking can be similar to those experienced ... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed the drug vigabatrin, to be marketed under the name Sabril, on a fast track for approval for the treatment of cocaine ... Read More

Although it can cause life-threatening adverse reactions, more than 3.1 million young people in the United States have used over-the-counter (non-prescription) cough and cold medicines to get high at ... Read More

Most high school students who drink do so to experiment with alcohol, have fun or relax. Those who drink to deal with problems, anger or frustration, however, are the ... Read More

When family members become addicted it affects those who love them. It is especially heartbreaking for parents when their children are caught in the throes of alcoholism or addiction. ... Read More

Anti-drinking advertising campaigns that show young people in drunken incidents, being thrown out of a club, being helped home or passing out in public could be "catastrophically misconceived" according ... Read More

Teens who have friends who drink are more likely to drink themselves, many studies have found, but this influence may be especially strong for girls, a study of 4,700 ... Read More

There is a saying around the rooms of recovery that some alcoholics never find help "in this lifetime." In other words, they never get to the point of ... Read More

Methadone, a drug used primarily for drug addiction withdrawal and chronic pain relief, can cause sudden cardiac death even when it is not overdosed, but is taken at normal ... Read More

Teens whose mothers drank while they were pregnant are more likely to abuse alcohol because they developed a preference for the taste and smell of alcohol in the womb, ... Read More

Many children get their first exposure to alcohol in their own home not by drinking, but by sipping and tasting alcohol by the age of eight to 10. The ... Read More

College gatherings that feature drinking games and themed parties result in higher levels of drinking and higher blood alcohol concentrations, according to a first of a kind, on-the-scene study ... Read More

Children living in homes where there is parental substance abuse can find life difficult, unpredictable and confusing. Sometimes they even believe the alcohol or drug abuse is their fault. ... Read More

A nationwide study of 7,751 emergency room patients has confirmed that visits to the E.R. provide a great opportunity to use brief interventions to reduce harmful drinking. Asking emergency ... Read More

If you live or have lived with someone who has a drinking problem, chances are you have been affected in ways that you may not even realize. Answering these ... Read More