Turn a bit red when you drink a mere half bottle of beer? If you’re of East Asian descent, consider that a warning: You may be at higher risk of alcohol-caused esophageal cancer.
The number of drug seizures involving methamphetamine is doubling in New Brunswick and the RCMP is warning that the highly addictive drug is being laced with other illicit substances.
Sometimes, teenager’s drug of choice is found right in your own medicine cabinet. In fact, research shows one in five teens has abused prescription pain medication.
According to Dr. Sontineni, doctors and health care workers currently under recognize the syndrome leading to delayed diagnosis and expensive diagnostic investigations.
The Wall Street Journal reported March 20 that students are crushing the sugary candy discs into a powder, tearing off one end of the cellophane wrapper, pouring the powder into their mouths, and then blowing the dust out of their mouths and nose.
A new study published in the journal Addiction shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources.
The U.S. Attorney General’s office is cracking down on illegal prescription drug sales. A new program called Operation Pill Broker hopes to educate the public and reverse the trend of prescription drug abuse through intense drug investigations.
Americans are often dangerously undereducated about the risks of prescription medicine, particularly when combined with over-the-counter drugs and supplements.
The federal law and the way universities interpret it often pit students’ right to privacy against what some parents deem as their right to know. How schools interpret the law differs. For example, Kansas State University tells parents about underage drinking. The University of Kansas does not.
Alcohol may be banned on a high street in Shropshire in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour. The move follows calls to make Dawley High Street alcohol-free, following complaints about street drinking.
From its link to several sexual assault cases to the death of a Kansas University freshman, alcohol has come under scrutiny in Lawrence in recent weeks. It remains an issue where few changes have been made to limit its effect.
All this tippling has given authorities pause as studies show that a surprising number of young teenagers are knocking it back in a serious way, often legally. France’s conservative government now wants to wean the country’s youth off the bottle with a ban on under-18 drinking.
Kentucky officials reach across state lines for help with detecting meth ingredients crossing the border. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced a partnership between his office and law enforcement with a pilot program promoting teamwork between the Bluegrass and Indiana.
In a proceeding that lasted about a minute, the head of the state’s child protection agency on Friday was accepted into a program that likely will lead to the erasure of her drunken-driving charges.
Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales are twice as high among people born in Scotland or Ireland compared with the rest of the population, a study has shown.
School district board members learned Tuesday, students in elementary through high school have firsthand knowledge of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes and intimidation by peers — although the problem might not be as bad here as it is statewide and nationwide, data suggest.
New evidence by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and researchers in Germany shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources.
The number of women being admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning has almost doubled in the past five years, according to official statistics that suggest binge-drinking is placing acute pressures on the NHS.
The Government of Canada is supporting projects under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will strengthen drug prevention among youth in British Columbia.
President Obama is finalizing plans to move federal agents, equipment and other resources to the border with Mexico to support Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s campaign against violent drug cartels, according to U.S. security officials.
Deaths related to painkiller abuse are on the rise in Hernando County. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is hoping a new campaign will reverse that trend.
In good economic times and in bad, we like our vices. In boom times, drunk-driving rates, alcohol-related illnesses and spending on alcohol all increase. (Source: A 2000 article in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and a 2008 by the Swedish Business School at Örebro University.)
This week, the Government’s chief medical officer called for an end to the nation’s “drinking problem”, and a minimum price on alcohol to deter boozing. Wrong, said the Prime Minister, who asked: why should sensible, moderate drinkers suffer to deter the bingers?
The 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) wrapped up its annual session today in Vienna with a range of decisions to strengthen drug control.
It was trumpeted as the new front in Victoria’s drugs battle. In the summer of 2007, then premier Steve Bracks declared a “pre-emptive strike in the war on ice”, saying the Government had to “act now”.
Thousands of South African children who may have been wrongly diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are using a popular Schedule 7 medication could grow up to be cocaine junkies.
Women have been toasting red wine research for years, tossing back their cabernets and pinot noirs with every finding that has linked red wine to such health benefits as lowered heart attack risk and slower aging.
The United States has seen an increase in both nonmedical use of painkillers and prescription drug-related deaths; researchers blame “doctor shopping” and ignorance.
The Federal Government’s plan to impose mandatory health warnings for alcohol advertising and containers is dead in the water following the defeat of the RTD tax hike bill in Parliament.
Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales are twice as high among people born in Scotland or Ireland compared with the rest of the population, a study has shown.
The Australian National Council on Drugs on Monday said that increased amounts of heroin entering the country from the Middle East and Asia could contribute to the spread of HIV among injection drug users.
Long-term daily drinking, rather than weekly binge drinking, is by far the biggest risk factor in serious liver disease, according to a new report from the University of Southampton.
A new report based upon the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that fewer adolescents are trying inhalants like glue, lighter fluid and other common substances, but the overall number of inhalant abusers has not declined.
Recent robberies of local pharmacies stocked with OxyContin, a potent prescription painkiller, should be a wake-up call for local residents who thought thieves and thugs were only interested in illicit drugs.
Parents are being urged to take the time to discuss drugs with their children - and so ensure they have the facts to hand if given the wrong information from others.
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, published his 2008 Annual Report, in which he called for society to recognise the effect of ‘passive drinking’ on society. He wants to see a shift in public opinion on alcohol similar to the move to smoke-free public places, so that being drunk is no longer an aim of drinking nor socially acceptable.
Vancouver Island University nursing students will host a public forum about reducing the harm caused by addictions and offering information about addiction treatment services.
A key component in the ongoing battle against prescription drug abuse is controlling access. It’s important to keep your current medications secure from theft.
New laws designed to restrict alcohol sales in France are a direct result of a recent spike in what is being referred to as “le binge drinking” by French youth.
The Government is proposing mandatory health warnings on television alcohol ads in an attempt to swing minority parties away from blocking the alcopops tax.
Heroin is making a comeback on the streets of Australia’s cities and the top government advisory body on drugs policy is warning authorities they need to be ready to respond.
Not a sense of euphoria, pleasure or hallucination, but possible loss of appetite, enhanced focus, sleep loss, anxiety and chance of death outline the Adderall experience.
People seeking the boost of an energy drink with the buzz of alcohol would have to go to the liquor store to make their purchases under a bill supported by lawmakers.
People seeking the boost of an energy drink with the buzz of alcohol would have to go to the liquor store to make their purchases under a bill supported by lawmakers.
It is the end of a taboo: articulate, middle-class parents are speaking out about the nightmare of seeing their children spiral into drug abuse and, all too often, mental illness.
Students from Porter County schools have revealed they are using illegal and prescription drugs at a higher rate than their peers elsewhere across the state.
Twenty-two police officers and firefighters, some of them wearing protective white suits, boots and breathing packs, spent 10 hours trying to remove a plastic detergent bottle from the basement of the house.
An aggressive legislative package proposed by New Mexico Attorney General Gary King to fight underage drinking includes banning alcoholic energy drinks, classifying and taxing flavored malt beverages as liquor products, and allowing local communities to impose their own alcohol taxes.
You don’t need superhuman powers to skim textbooks from cover to cover, camp out in the library long after regular hours or work on final papers in marathon-length stints - but you might need drugs.
Teens are ingesting and inhaling the drug, and in most instances are concealing it in small brown bottles or eye-drop containers, said Sgt. John Jordan of League City police.
Researchers from the UK have reported that women who regularly consume low to moderate amounts of alcohol have an increased risk of cancers of the upper digestive tract, rectum, liver, and breast when compared with women who do not drink.
Since so many of the young people selling heroin in Centreville came from its Virginia Run community, it seemed fitting that a heroin-education meeting for parents last week was held in its community center.
Lake County authorities believe an unusually strong batch of heroin could be responsible for a recent spike in the number of heroin overdoses in the northern suburbs.
A Senate bill would establish a state system, which Washington also lacks Thirty-eight states have some form of prescription monitoring program to curtail abuses, but Oregon and Washington are not among them.
Remember that drug rehabilitation is not and can never be a passive activity. That addict who checks into a drug rehab center and then simply waits to get healed isn’t going to get sober; meaningful addiction recovery, in the end, has got to be a function of effort and engagement on the part of addiction recovery patients.
With the arrests of a high school student and a college student on charges related to heroin possession in the last three days, the League City police department has launched a drug investigation that could lead to more arrests, a police official said.
The t-shirt will be used to promote the new COPS methamphetamine grant. Sheriff Marty Moss secured the grant in an effort to combat the illegal use and manufacturing of methamphetamine in Cleburne County.
The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has created a new website called “Rethinking Drinking,” designed to help users define their drinking patterns and develop strategies and options for dealing with alcohol-related problems.
Some college women may drink excessively to gain the attention of men, but new research from Loyola Marymount University suggests that drunk women are not as attractive to men as women believe.
Many adolescents in this isolated country of islands in the Indian Ocean, which lives off its unique, natural beauty, have turned to a life of deadly addiction that threatens society. Drug addiction touches nearly every family and is a big worry for the new government.
Health warnings - such as those contained on cigarette packets - could be slapped on all alcoholic drinks as part of a deal to get the Federal Government’s alcopops tax through the Senate.
Nationwide prescription drugs are becoming more popular with teens since they’re so easy to get. NBC Augusta 26 News found that schools in Richmond and Columbia County are no stranger to the problem.
The national assembly voted to ban so-called “open bars” which offer unlimited drinks for a fixed entry price. It raised the minimum age at which a person can buy alcohol.
The option of adding health warning labels to alcohol was left open yesterday as negotiations continued between Health Minister Nicola Roxon and Family First senator Steve Fielding.
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