In this election year, will theU.S.see an end to the Drug War? Richard Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1973 which has spent countless man-hours and millions of dollars attempting...

A new online training tool aimed at helping doctors prescribe and manage patients receiving painkillers was recently launched by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the National...

Substance Abuse Prevention Month concluded on October 31, but the effort to stop substance abuse continues every day. Nearly 17 million people over the age of 12 are classified as having drug or...

According to Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), teenage drivers are, for the most part, not drinking before they get behind the wheel. Frieden stated that...

Americans for Safe Access, advocates for the use of medical marijuana, are hoping that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will force the Drug Enforcement Administration...

Recent studies indicate that the use of prescription drugs is on the rise while illegal drug use appears to be declining. Findings are based on emergency room visits related to drug abuse from 2007...