Staying Safe This Halloween

October 31st, 2013

Staying Safe This Halloween

October is the fourth-booziest month of the year, following the libation-heavy holidays of July, November, and December. Of course, the vast majority of October’s alcohol consumption falls on Halloween and its surrounding weekend nights, when many teens and adults venture out for tricks ...

Sugar High: Latest CDCP Report Warns Us To Slow Our Jelly Roll

May 2nd, 2013

Sugar High: Latest CDCP Report Warns Us To Slow Our Jelly Roll

The latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows alarming dietary behavior among young Americans. Though the CDCP advises us to limit our total intake of added sugars, fats and other “discretionary calories” to between 5% and 15% of our daily calories, that ...

Life on the Pharm: Antibiotic Abuse Leads to Disconcerting Data at the Market

April 18th, 2013

Life on the Pharm: Antibiotic Abuse Leads to Disconcerting Data at the Market

The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) has discovered shocking rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in meats found in supermarkets across the US. In 2011, federal researchers tested 480 samples each of ground beef, ground turkey, pork chops, and chicken breasts, wings ...

Harm Reduction: A New Cure For Alcoholism?

April 12th, 2013

Harm Reduction: A New Cure For Alcoholism?

In a recent study published in Biological Psychiatry, a potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene was found to be effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent individuals. Unlike most addiction treatments, the goal of nalmefene is not total abstinence, ...

Internet Addiction is Genetic, They Say…

September 11th, 2012

Internet Addiction is Genetic, They Say…

Last week a German study at the University of Bonn revealed a genetic variation “essential” to the formation of internet addiction therapies. This gene, CHRNA4, is also linked to nicotine addiction and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors associated with the brain’s reward pathways. Now ...

OxyContin Reformulation Fails to Curb Abuse

August 14th, 2012

OxyContin Reformulation Fails to Curb Abuse

In an attempt to counter the sharp increases in opiate painkiller abuse, researchers came out with a new formulation of OxyContin in August 2010 that’s less soluble and harder to crush. OxyContin would then be more difficult to inject and inhale, the two most popular methods of administration ...

July 21st, 2011

Illegal Drug Use Statistics

A national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration revealed Alaska to be the most drug-loving state, with Utah and Iowa ranking as the most abstinent. 11.5% of Alaska residents ages 12 and older used marijuana in the last month and 13.5% had used some ...

March 25th, 2011

More Ecstasy-Users Checked Into Hospitals

According to a recent study published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more people have been checked into Hospital Emergency Rooms in recent years due to complications from MDMA, otherwise known as Ecstasy. The rate of such incidents have been climbing at a ...

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