A new research study finds that teenagers who drink under adult supervision are more likely to develop problems with alcohol than their peers who don't drink alcohol until legally permitted.
Authorities in the Washington, D.C. area are ramping up prevention efforts to fight the prescription drug epidemic among teenagers in the community.
A new research paper reports encouraging new developments of three possible formulations that could result in a vaccine to treat methamphetamine addiction. This would be a major achievement which would impact drug treatment for this widespread ad ...
Researchers have learned that there is a distinct connection between the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and the access to the internet and the presence of online pharmacies. The researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the ...
An enterprising 16-year-old from North Freedom, Wisconsin was disturbed by the rising problem of prescription drug abuse in her local community. Jordyn Schara decided to start P2D2, a non-profit organization that will provide a safe place for par ...
Medical detoxification is a vital component of the recovery from drug addiction. It is important to recognize that before true recovery can begin, the drugs must be emptied from your system. This is why medical detoxification, or a drug detox pro ...
An increase in the number of older Americans reporting problems with substance abuse is becoming more common. Between 1992 and 2008, admissions to treatment programs more than doubled in the United States for adults over the age of 50. Public hea ...
The American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation has accredited 10 training problems for residencies in addiction medicine. Trained addiction medicine physicians will now be able to work alongside other addiction treatment professionals.
Researchers from Yale University have learned in a new study that food addiction is similar to drug and alcohol addiction. People with an addictive-like behavior appear to have more neural activity in certain parts of the brain.
With the problem of addiction to prescription medication, it comes as no surprise that physicians are not being properly trained in medical school to treat patients with chronic pain. On average, medical schools in the United States spend only se ...
Researchers in Australia wanted to learn exactly how ecstasy affected the brain of people who used the drug. The researchers learned that the ecstasy pills often found at raves and house parties contained a variety of other drugs, posing a health ...
A hotline that helps people in West Virginia find treatment for addiction to prescription drugs is in danger of closing for lack of money. West Virginia has the dubious distinction of having the country's highest rate of fatal drug overdoses. Unf ...
It has been said time and time again that admitting an addiction to drugs is just the first step in recovery. Drug detox is an important facet of a treatment program, though it is often surrounded by fear. It is important to overcome that fear, h ...
It is important to remember that once a person admits their addiction to drugs, entering a treatment program is only the beginning of the journey to sobriety. A good and effective drug rehabilitation program will have a treatment protocol that is ...
A new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration finds that adults now represent a majority of hospital admissions for inhalant abuse. "Huffing" or intentionally inhaling a chemical vapor to get high, has long been a ...
The prescription drug problem in Ohio is urging Senator Sherrod Brown to ask United States Attorney General Eric Holder to establish federal squads to fight the state's growing problem. Senator Brown wrote a letter this week to Holder requesting ...
The American Medicine Chest Challenge will take place at 100 collection centers throughout New Jersey on Saturday. The community based initiative hopes to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
The Betty Ford Center
Medical detoxification, or detox, is the crucial first step in the fight against drug and alcohol addiction.
The fight to stem the damaging tide of prescription drug addiction came to Georgia this week with a summit of the state's top law enforcement officials.