August 8th, 2013
Gupta Goes Green, Changes View On Marijuana
CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has made a full 180-degree turn regarding his stance on marijuana. After a year spent researching for the documentary Weed, Dr. Gupta discovered that there actually are medical benefits to marijuana, a fact that goes against the classification ...
July 30th, 2013
Live Through This: One Woman’s Battle With Heroin
Explicit images often serve as useful tool for exposing the devastating physical effects of drug abuse and addiction. Some of the most impactful drug-free campaigns have introduced revolting, despairing photographs in order to deter drug use and depict its incredibly harmful impacts. In the ...
July 16th, 2013
Savage Drug Kingpin Captured in Mexico Near Border
Mexican marines captured the leader of one of Mexico’s most violent drug organizations, Trevino’s leadership of the Zeta cartel, in a city near the Texas border by Mexican marines Monday morning. Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, age 40, was one of the most wanted people in Mexico and the United ...
July 15th, 2013
Cory Monteith of Glee Dies of Apparent Overdose
The beloved Glee star Cory Monteith, 31, is being mourned by the masses after news of his death surfaced over the weekend. His body was found in a Vancouver, B.C. hotel room where officials said Monteith most likely died of a drug overdose, a speculation to be considered in tomorrow’s scheduled ...
July 3rd, 2013
Forget Alcohol
How easy would it be to move forward in life if we could erase harmful memories that constantly hold us back? A group of researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco are in the process of creating a drug that will help erase memories that influence a person to ...
June 18th, 2013
Missing Enzyme Linked to Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction rates continue to skyrocket across the entire nation, forcing researchers to focus more attention on the substance’s chemical effects on the brain in regards to its heavily addictive nature. An animal study released at the Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San ...
June 4th, 2013
Low Doses of THC Believed to Prevent Brain Damage
Through ample research on the therapeutic properties of marijuana, more discoveries continue to arise over the successful treatment of chronic ailments through medical marijuana. Up until now, those suffering from cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain, insomnia, and lack of appetite have ...
May 10th, 2013
New Breathalyzer Detects Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, and More
The Swedish company SensAbues has unveiled a proprietary breath-testing device which can detect the use of a wide range of drugs, including methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, buprenorphine, methadone, heroin, benzodiazepines, nicotine and more.
May 7th, 2013
Rising Sexual Assault Rates in Military an Indicator of Growing Sexual Addiction Problem
A Pentagon study set to release later this week reveals that over the past year, the number of sexual assaults reported by members of the military rose from 3,192 to 3,374 in 2012. However, officials say that the real number of sexual assaults estimates as many as 26,000, up from 19,000 in ...
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 ...
April 30th, 2013
Scientific Breakthrough Gives Hope to HIV Cure
Scientists in Denmark proceed with human clinical trials based on groundbreaking research in an attempt to find a cure for HIV. The trials, which are taking place at Aarhus University Hospital, will test a radical technique of stripping the HIV virus from human DNA and then permanently ...
April 29th, 2013
Washington State Prepares New DUI Laws
With a special session on May 13 looming, Democrats and Republicans in the Washington State Legislature are “light years apart” on many issues. One subject that is facing strong bipartisan support is finalizing the details of a new DUI bill. “I’m happy to say we have made great progress in our ...
April 23rd, 2013
Experimental Drug Springs Hope For Child Born Without Bones
At age three, Janelly Martinez-Amador could not move her body, unable to lift her head or arms. Four years later, she is no longer confined to a bed and can even dance. Janelly Martinez-Amador was born with a rare genetic disease called hypophosphatasia or HPP, which disrupts the mineralization ...
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 ...
April 16th, 2013
Replacing Your Cigarette Addiction
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. Quitting smoking is incredibly difficult, with more than 90% of attempts resulting in relapse—a rate surpassed only by heroin. The good news is that, despite the frequency of relapse and the adverse public health effects, ...
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, ...
