December 2, 2016

The ‘Hidden Costs’ of Heavy Drinking: Problem Youth Drinking Can Leave Lasting Scars

The Cost of Heavy Drinking With the heightened level of attention being paid to rising addiction rates and overdoses in the last year or so, most […]
November 18, 2016

Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction: A Call to Action for the Challenge of Our Time

Calling to Action The sense that substance abuse and addiction issues have reached a bell-weather moment in our culture is neither new nor imagined. For the […]
November 13, 2016

A “High” Correlation: Alcohol and Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Risks for Schizophrenia

Drug use and Schizophrenia Individuals who drink excessively or abuse marijuana and other substances may be “messing with their heads” in ways they don’t at all […]
October 28, 2016

I Saw it on TV: New Study Reveals Strong Link Between Ad Exposure and Teen Drinking

Pressure From Advertisements Most parents would like to think they are raising children who are not only able to make healthy decisions but who can exercise […]
October 9, 2016

Sweet Little Lies: New Evidence of Sugar Industry’s Unsavory Influence on Dietary Guidelines

Dietary Guidelines and Sugar Since it was first published in the 1980s, the Department of Health and Human Services-sponsored “Dietary Guidelines for Americans”, has been widely […]
September 26, 2016

National Recovery Month 2016: Celebrating Life-Saving Change That Happens Each Day

Changes in regard to the view on addiction Thus far in 2016, perhaps more than any year in recent memory, we have seen profound changes in […]
September 16, 2016

A High Price to Pay for Pills that Promise ‘Focus’: Long-term Fallout from ADHD Drugs

ADHD and Pharmaceutical Use A host of concerns and scholarship have surrounded the increased use – or abuse, as the case may be – of ADHD […]
September 10, 2016

The Notion of a ‘Safe’ Drug up in Smoke? Marijuana Smokers 5 Times More Likely to Abuse Alcohol

The Marijuana Debate One of the key arguments forwarded by proponents of marijuana (and, particularly, its legalization) has been the claim that pot is, on the […]