Aug 28, 2012 | News
In honor of the 2012 National Aids Conference, held in Washington D.C., the Office of National Drug Control Policy reaffirmed their collaborative efforts to prevent the use of intravenous drug use, the leading cause of HIV infection in the United States. The National...
Aug 26, 2012 | News
“Molly”, which is short for “molecule,” is pure MDMA, a chemical used to make Ecstasy. According to CNN, the drug has been increasingly popular at music concerts this summer, mainly because Molly users tend to be young adults between the ages of 16 to 24. The Drug...
Aug 25, 2012 | News
Kathleen L. Sulik, Ph.D. and Professor at University of North Carolina School of Medicine, led a collaborative project with Duke University and University College of London on the relationship between alcohol and birth defects. The study used highly advanced imaging...
Aug 24, 2012 | News
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse recently released alarming data about drug use in our schools. They found that nearly 17% of American high school students are using alcohol, drugs, or tobacco during the school day. The study, conducted via...
Aug 22, 2012 | News
The negative effects of alcohol are well-known to many; however, for individuals with diabetes, the severity of these effects is often compounded. Type 1 diabetes, for example, is a disease which requires insulin dependency. The over-consumption of alcohol causes...
Aug 21, 2012 | News
ScienceDaily, reporting on a study published by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, details how the long term use of methadone can affect the nerve cells in the brain. The study, which used rats, administered methadone to the animals once daily over a period of...
