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Ikigai – Discovering Your Passion and Purpose
In the words of the late actress Katharine Hepburn, a fierce personality known for her spirited honesty, “Life is…
Are Wet Houses for Alcoholics a Smart Approach to Alcoholism?
Wet Houses are residential housing facilities for homeless people suffering from chronic alcoholism. Unlike other shelters that require residents…
Legalized Marijuana Passed in More States
Along with a new president, Americans in eight states voted for the passage of recreational or medicinal marijuana. Before…
New Personality Test Identifies Children at Risk for Addiction
Most people of a certain age will remember First Lady Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug campaign “Just Say No.” Then came…
Study Shows Rise in Pediatric Opioid Poisonings and Deaths
As the nation’s battle with opioid addiction continues to ravage entire communities, there’s been scant reporting on how the…
Tramadol is an Opiate Causing Issues on a Global Scale
Global consumption of the opioid Tramadol, a drug that in some parts of the world is unregulated, increased 186…
Marijuana Breathalyzer – When You’re Too High to Drive
California’s Proposition 64 – legalization of recreational marijuana – is on the ballot this November and the most recent…
Canada Legalizes Heroin and Extends Operation of Safe Injection Sites
Scott MacDonald is the lead physician at Crosstown Clinic, a Vancouver, British Columbia medical facility that opened in 2005…
Deadly New Drug: U-47700 aka U4, Pink or Pinky
Another technically “legal” substance has been added to the wave of synthetic, or so called “research drugs,” that skirt…
Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is Breaking New Ground
A landmark study began recruitment in September 2016 of 10,000 healthy children between the ages of nine and 10-years-old.…