A new vaccine targeting cocaine addiction has just moved on to its next phase of research and has been granted permission to perform a study using human patients. A...
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have found that people who are dependent on opiates are much more likely to require additional medical services than...
A new study recently completed by researchers at the University of Michigan shows that teenagers who are involved with sports are less likely to abuse heroin and prescription drugs....
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced earlier this month new efforts to make an impact on the opioid problem in America. There were three...
As more healthcare providers and patients come to the realization that prescription narcotics are not nearly as effective at treating pain long-term as they were once believed, there continues...
Abusing Adderall or Ritalin has become more and more common among college students in the United States. This is because the ADHD drugs are amphetamine-like stimulants and they are...
Synthetic marijuana, often known as K2 or Spice, has become popular among younger children as an alternative to regular marijuana and other drugs. Children and teenagers are more likely...
As most of us know, every part of the country has been affected by substance abuse in one way or another. More recently, the primary focus has been on...
Although it has been understood for a long time that various forms of abuse at an early age can be significant factors in developing a substance abuse problem, a...