Sep 9, 2012 | News
This coming November, more than the presidential selection will be in the minds of voters in three states. For many, the legalization of marijuana will be another hot-button issue on the ballot. Colorado’s Amendment 64, Washington’s Measure 502, and Oregon’s Measure...
Sep 8, 2012 | News
A new study, conducted by the University of Bristol’s School of Experimental Psychology and published in PLoS ONE, suggests that how quickly we drink alcohol is influenced by the shape of the glass the alcohol is served in. The experimental study’s participants, aged...
Sep 7, 2012 | News
Studies have shown that the resilience in some children allows them to “bounce back” from trying or troubling situations, such as drug and alcohol abuse in the family, much more easily than non-resilient children. But how can we recognize resilience and what does it...
Sep 6, 2012 | News
After investigations determined that a California state program implemented to help doctors struggling with addiction failed to protect patients and hold doctors responsible, it was shut down. Now the state of California and advocates for a re-launch of the program...
Sep 5, 2012 | News
Between social media and smartphone apps that make countless sexual partners readily available and an internet consumed with sexual content, there is a rising number of women and men seeking counseling for sexual addiction treatment. But, who is a sex addict? There...
Sep 4, 2012 | News
The Journal of Drug Testing and Analysis recently released a new study, conducted by researchers at Texas A&M, concluding that high potency and synthetic marijuana can harm embryos. High potency marijuana and its synthetic counterpart, commonly referred to as...
