Heroin has been a drug most common in big cities, but the police chief says even Antigo in central Wisconsin is experiencing a rise in cases involving the potent and illegal drug.
Nearly twice as many US army soldiers today compared to six years ago are either alcoholic or engage in damaging behavior such as binge drinking, according to army statistics.
Factors that affect suicide rates include drug addiction and alcohol abuse. Studies also shows that being male, or part of a minority group, affects the incidence of suicide.
The Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center (ISPCC) has issued an urgent report to Iowa physicians concerning the abuse of medications for attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the past two days, the ISPCC has seen an increase in the number of teens and young adults, ages 13 to 24, who have abused or misused medication prescribed for ADHD.
For many people suffering from drug and alcohol addictions the first step to recovery is often a treatment center that focuses on ending the substance abuse and carving a path of sobriety for the rest of their life.
Across Long Island, thousands of people, some barely in their teens, are learning that heroin addiction is a monster not easily conquered. The drug holds its users in a tight grasp and won’t let go without a mammoth struggle.
A 2006 Northeastern University study found misuse of so-called “Academic Steroids” is most prevalent at private colleges on the East Coast. But interviews with dozens of students and administrators show a culture of Adderall abuse is taking root in the Bay Area and the state.
Teen children who live with alcohol-abusing fathers are at higher risk for alcohol or drug abuse themselves, a U.S. government study released Thursday shows.
A new study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that binge drinking, drunk driving and alcohol-related deaths among college students rose over the past decade.
A recent study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) found that alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes, and drunk driving have all been on the rise among 18- to 24-year-olds over the past decade.
Alcohol is a powerful drug that becomes an addiction for many. Alcoholics often don’t realize the damage the drug does to their bodies. This damage does not stop at the patient’s own health, but the well being and emotions of their loved ones.
It’s not just UI students with a drinking problem. The binge-drinking rate, as well as alcohol-related crimes and fatalities, rose on college campuses nationwide over the past decade, according to a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism released June 15.
A new study, published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, confirms what I’ve been warning about for years in my scientific books and articles. The stimulants used to treat children for so-called ADHD can cause sudden cardiac arrest and death in kids.
In data obtained from United States Department of Health and Human services the number of North Carolina citizens seeking but not receiving drug treatment nearly tripled between 2006 and 2007. This trend continues for those seeking alcohol treatment.
Alcohol-related deaths among U.S. college students rose from 1,440 deaths in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, along with increases in heavy drinking and drunk driving, according to an article in the July supplement of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
For those of you whom have sons in their mid-twenties living in your basements, garages or attics, you may have to break some bad news to them. It seems that Cannabis cantains chemicals which damage DNA and may initiate cancer.
Local health officials are concerned about a big increase in heroin and prescription drug abuse in the Twin Cities. The increase comes at a time when cocaine and methamphetamine is going down.
In an apartment tucked away in beautiful Montreal, the Narconon drug rehab program had a chance to interview a former graduate from 1998. Sabrina Andrews gave us a powerful insight into her own past demons, and her experiences as a heroin addict and run away living in Montreal.
A new study has found that cocaine and heroin increase permeability of the placenta. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology have shown that exposure to the drugs causes an increase in the passage of some chemicals into the fetus.
The young age of recruits, cycles of activity and boredom, and general attitudes about alcohol use are all parts of Navy culture that contribute to heavy drinking among sailors.
Smoking cannabis can damage DNA and cause cancer, researchers have found. They discovered marijuana contained 50 per cent more carcinogenics – cancer-causing chemicals – than tobacco.
Adderall, Ritalin, and other stimulant drugs prescribed for millions of American children and teens with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may in some rare instances lead to an increased risk of sudden heart-related death.
Results of the case-control study showed that of 564 children and teens (age 7 to 19) who had sudden deaths, 1.8% were using stimulants, higher than the 0.4% who were taking the same drugs among the controls who died in car accidents, according to researchers.
Indian-origin researchers at the University of Leicester have found “convincing evidence” that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans.
Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexplained death as children who are not taking such drugs.
A new study has suggested that children who take stimulant medications such as Ritalin, Strattera or Concerta may have a slight increased risk for sudden death.
In the name of science, eight men and seven women drank alcohol through a straw while lying in an MRI scanner, presumably not all together, to see what would happen.
Drunkenness among students is one of the causes of the deteriorating academic performance at Nabumali High School in Mbale district, the head teacher has said.
Alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a new government study shows.
Desert Oasis Recovery, a New Mexico in-patient drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction treatment center, one of only two privately run drug, alcohol and gambling addiction treatment centers in the State of New Mexico, announces the use of auricular “accu-detox” acupuncture therapy for addictive therapy.
We hope that this report will highlight the problems of alcohol misuse among young people, as well as outlining a set of recommendations that will help young Londoners stay safe with alcohol, and ensure that this issue is given the priority it deserves.
As finals week approaches, some students will push their bodies to unhealthy limits in attempts to study for long periods before exams. Some students use the drug Adderall to focus while they study.
Around 160 officers and alcohol enforcement experts from across Montana gathered in Kalispell on Thursday to take part in a two day Alcohol Education Summit aimed at addressing one of the state’s most pressing issues.
As the start of the “101 Critical Days of Summer” nears, I would like to remind everyone to be safe in their recreational and leisure time activities, not only while using 45th Force Support Squadron facilities, but off-base as well.
Fewer Oklahoma workers were found to have used illegal drugs last year than in 2007, including a strong decline in cocaine in particular, according to the latest drug test index by Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Prescription drug abuse is something we’ve been hearing more and more about recently, and it’s got police working overtime to get the drugs off the streets.
Some college students are turning to illegal means to help them succeed on final exams. While Adderall is a prescribed medication, some students without a prescription for the drug report buying it from other students during exam time, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
One of the worst habits we have acquired as a government is that we tend to allow things that are harmful to society to get out of hand before we make an effort to curtail them.
When the economy was riding high and the war in Iraq was at its peak, the U.S. Army relaxed its rules to allow some recruits with felony records and those who failed drug tests to join the service. Now that the economy has tanked and the situation in Iraq is quieter, the Army is eliminating such waivers as recruiting picks up.
Although we have laws to control access to drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, we tolerate so-called “head shops” on our high streets which sell the paraphernalia (snorters, pipes, rolling paper, scales) used to consume them.
Classify this item in the “not good news” file. Hepatitis C—it’s not just for syringe users anymore. Contrary to previous theory, dirty needles or direct blood exposure may not be necessary. While bodily fluids have always been suspect, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and other institutions have discovered evidence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in nasal secretions left in straws used to sniff drugs.
The semester is beginning to wind down, and you know what that means. Students are getting freaked out by the pressure they’re feeling. They’re looking for some black-market Adderall and buying cases of Red Bull to combat the stress and fatigue that come with the looming deadlines.
Rising numbers of Ventura County residents are using heroin, a rise tied to a drop in the price and the need to feed addictions they can no longer satisfy with prescription painkillers.
Teenagers who drink even small amounts of alcohol have a significantly higher risk of developing alcohol abuse or risky sexual behaviour as a young adult, research has found.
College students between the ages of 18 and 22 were twice as likely to use the amphetamine drug Adderall nonmedically as those who had not been in college at all or were only part-time students.
People who smoke both tobacco and marijuana may have a particularly high risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study suggests.
Broward County has become the painkiller capital of the United States, the notorious home to a cottage industry of storefront pain clinics selling alarming numbers of narcotics and feeding a brazen black market sprawling through the South and New England.
Methamphetamines are quickly becoming the drug of choice in North Carolina. Prosecutors and pharmacists who see the war on meth firsthand say the drug is so popular because it’s cheap and easy to make.
The prom is practically seen as a rite of passage for high school students and one that is too often marred by devastating and sometimes fatal accidents. While the majority of students sign the Prom Promise – a pledge students take to remain alcohol- and drug-free on prom night – many do so with the full intent of consuming alcohol.
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.
Schoolchildren in the UK are the worst in Europe for cannabis abuse with almost half of youngsters admitting taking the drug, the United Nations has warned.
The internet is playing an increasing and “alarming” role in the trafficking of both illegal and unauthorised prescription drugs, according to the body that monitors the trafficking and use of narcotics.
The price of cocaine in Europe is set to fall even further as smugglers use new routes through West Africa and the Balkans, says the UN anti-drugs agency.
Faced with deadlines, especially during high stress times like midterms and finals weeks, many students turn to study aid stimulants such as coffee, Red Bull, or 5-Hour Energy shots, while others resort to more drastic measures, such as Adderall or Ritalin.
Treatment-related hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more common than previously thought, FDA officials report in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics.
AS stories of a “heroin flood” in Australia again start sporadically to appear in the media, it is worth revisiting where heroin supply and use sits today in Australia and in the world generally.
There are several methods of detecting alcohol and drugs in a person’s body. This includes urine, saliva, spray or sweat, and hair follicle tests. Hair follicle testing is considered to be highly accurate and can verify the presence of prescription drugs, controlled drugs and even nicotine from smoking.
With the recent increase in methamphetamine in Kosciusko County, Warsaw Housing Authority is informing the community of Housing and Urban Development’s illegal drug use policy for people seeking federal assisted housing.
Ritalin, Adderall, and other popular brands of drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can cause frightening hallucinations and other psychosis symptoms in children, even when taken as directed, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Concerns about alcohol abuse have been making headlines this week. First, the Indian state of Rajasthan reportedly announced it would shut down 800 alcohol shops. Then, in Britain, chief medical officer Liam Donaldson recommended Thursday that anyone 15 years old and younger avoid alcohol completely.
Government medical advisers Friday recommended a ban on Darvon, a prescription medicine that’s been used to treat pain for more than 50 years but left a trail of problems such as addiction and suicide.
Darvon, a widely prescribed painkiller for 52 years, should now be banned, FDA advisers have recommended. Consumer groups argued that the drug and its derivatives do not offer strong pain relief and thereby pose risks of overdose and potential suicide. Drug makers said it is safe and effective when used as directed.
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