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Drugged Driving Dangers

Driving while under the influence of drugs is dangerous, and it doesn't not matter if the driver is doing illegal drugs, abusing prescription drugs or taking some drugs exactly as prescribed. There is a reason for those warning labels on many medications...

Published Wed, May 16 2012 8:30 PM by About Alcoholism

Age 16 Peak Time for Teens to Start Drugs

Think your teen is too young to start experimenting with prescription drugs? You may have to rethink that position if a new study is any indication. Researchers have found that teens begin first use of prescription pain relievers is earlier that first...

Published Wed, May 09 2012 11:10 PM by About Alcoholism

Chantix May Help Heavy Drinkers Cut Down

A drug used to help people stop smoking may also help heavy drinkers cut back the amount they drink, thereby reducing their harmful level of alcohol consumption. A study of the drug varenicline, marketed as Chantix, significantly reduced the level of...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 10:13 PM by About Alcoholism

Teen Prescription Drug Use Unchanged

The latest research indicates that teen abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medication has not increased, but seems to be leveling off. Unfortunately, that is not necessarily good news with 17% of high school students admitting to abuse of prescription...

Published Wed, May 02 2012 9:59 PM by About Alcoholism

'Heavy' Marijuana Use by Teens Surges

The 23rd Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) is out and it's not good news for parents who hope their children make it through high school without doing drugs. The latest survey indicates that smoking weed is becoming more acceptable behavior...

Published Tue, May 01 2012 10:17 PM by About Alcoholism

Safety Warning Issued for Pain Patches

Pain patients who use prescription pain patches and also have small children in the home need to take special precautions to prevent possible illness and death. As a result of reports of children becoming seriously ill or dying from accidental exposure...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 9:17 PM by About Alcoholism

The Most Abused Prescription Drugs

You may have heard that prescription drug addiction in the United States has grown to the point that it has officially been declared at epidemic levels. Young and old people from all parts of the country are consuming literally tons of pills each year...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 10:41 PM by About Alcoholism

State Resources Strained by Drug Abuse Epidemic

The prescription drug addiction problem has now spread to all parts of the nation, putting further strains on local and state resources already stretched by economic conditions. To try to find solutions natioinal leaders, law enforcement officials, medical...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 9:23 PM by About Alcoholism

Drinking Ups Risk of Benign *** Disease

Teenage girls and young women who consume even moderate amounts of alcohol can increase their risk of developing pre-cancerous *** changes known as proliferative benign *** disease (BDD). In some cases, these changes have been shown to lead to *** cancer...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2012 11:58 PM by About Alcoholism

Things to Stop Doing

We hear all the time about things that we can do to improve our overall health - go on a diet, start an exercise program or start taking some vitamin or supplement. But sometimes the best way we can improve our chances of achieving better health is to...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 8:01 PM by About Alcoholism

Ketamine Users Risk Urinary Problems

Users of the drug ketamine, known by the street name 'special K,' face an increased risk of urinary and bladder control problems and abdominal pain. The more ketamine they use and the more often they use it, the greater the chance of developing...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 8:24 PM by About Alcoholism

Alcohol Awareness Is For All Ages

Many of the efforts associated with Alcohol Awareness Month each April are targeted at preventing underage drinking, especially during the prom and graduation celebration season. But there are other groups that are also practicing harmful alcohol consumption...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2012 8:08 PM by About Alcoholism

New Pseudoephedrine Is Meth-Resistant

A Missouri pharmaceutical company is developing a new form of allergy and cold medication that law enforcement officials say could be a game changer in the fight to curb the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine. The new drug Tarex, to be marketed under...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 11:32 PM by About Alcoholism

Cocaine: The Nicknames

At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, cocaine began to influnce many aspects of American society and some of the street names for the drug reflect how widespread that influence became. Of course, other slang terms used for the drug seem...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 10:43 PM by About Alcoholism

Meth Mom Sentenced to 6 Years

A 27-year-old California woman, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after her 5-month-old son died from her methamphetamine-tainted *** milk, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Maggie Jean Wortman could have faced up to 11 years for the death of...

Published Tue, Mar 20 2012 8:17 PM by About Alcoholism

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