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Substance Abuse Hits The Campaign Trail
With just under a year left before the 2016 Presidential Election, both democratic and republican candidates are crisscrossing the…
Medicare Refuses to Share Substance Abuse Data With Researchers
Scientific research into addiction has come a long way since locking alcoholics and drug addicts in sanitariums for the…
Hooked on Hookah: Is It Really That Bad?
Maybe you’ve seen an exotic-looking hookah in the window of a smoke shop, or been to a party where…
5 Reasons America’s War on Drugs is Evolving
There’s no denying that America’s attitude toward drug abuse and addiction is changing. The U.S. spends more than $51…
60 Minutes: A Crisis of Heroin Addiction In America
Enough opioid painkillers were prescribed by doctors in Ohio last year, three-quarters of a billion, that every man, woman,…
White House Addresses Prescription Painkiller and Heroin Abuse Epidemic
In October, President Obama traveled to Charleston, West Virginia, a region where fatal heroin overdoses are more than double…
Have Texting and Driving Ads Replaced Drunk Driving Ads?
Since the launch of drunk driving campaigns in the late 1970’s, public awareness surrounding the deadly consequences of operating…
Mad Men & The Evolution Of The Drinking Culture
In the same way that public awareness has changed society’s behavior regarding cigarette smoking, America’s consumption of alcohol is…
October Is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
Drug abuse prevention is the most effective method of reducing the emotional and financial toll that results from illicit…
Patrick Kennedy Helps Quiet the Stigma of Alcoholism
Lesley Stahl recently interviewed Patrick Kennedy, the son of Ted Kennedy, on a 60 Minutes episode in which he…