Teens Who Eat Dinner with Family Less Likely to Abuse Substances
A new study showed that teens who participate in frequent family dinners (five or more per week) are less likely to abuse substances in the future than those who eat with their families two or fewer...
View ArticleObama’s New Drug Strategy Focuses on Prevention and Treatment
Aiming to curb drug use by young adults as well as drugged driving, President Barack Obama released a new anti-drug strategy that focuses on prevention and addiction treatment. The AFP reports that the...
View ArticleWhy a Shift in Drug Policy is Necessary
The following article was published by the Associated Press on May 13th, 2010: After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what?...
View ArticleCritics Say the Government Needs to Spend More on Drug Control Policy
Although the U.S. government has announced its plans to help reduce the number of people who abuse drugs as well as the number of people who fall ill or die because of drug abuse, some say the Obama...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Makes Addiction Prevention Efforts Free under Insurance...
First Lady Michelle Obama announced the new Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, which ensures that such preventive services as tobacco cessation and alcohol counseling are covered under all new health...
View ArticleIncreasing Price of Alcohol Reduces Drinking and Its Adverse Consequences
A new study has found that increasing the costs of alcohol significantly reduces the instances of alcohol-related deaths, injuries, and diseases. Researchers at the University of Florida found that...
View ArticleCertain School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs Work
A large-scale international review has found that some school programs focused on preventing and curbing alcohol abuse are effective enough for widespread use. The most effective programs reduced...
View ArticleNational Prevention Week Asks the Question “How Are You Taking Action?”
Mental wellness is very closely related to a person’s overall emotional and physical well-being, and closely related to a person’s ability to prevent themselves – and others – from sliding into deadly...
View Article‘Scared Straight’ Programs Are Harmful, Studies Find
It behooves society and parents to do anything possible to keep kids off drugs. Preventing teens from trying drugs or from drinking means saving many of them from the disease of addiction, avoiding...
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Still a Long Road Ahead in the Prescription Drug Abuse Fight – Part 1
-By Kendal Patterson It has been four years since a personal tragedy inspired Natalie Costa to produce the film “Behind the Orange Curtain,” a heart-wrenching look at the toll prescription drug abuse...
View ArticleCan Young Adults Accurately Self-Report Substance Abuse?
When doctors and other health professionals want to assess the risks for substance abuse in any given individual, they can use a well-regarded questionnaire called the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance...
View ArticleTeens Who Eat Dinner with Family Less Likely to Abuse Substances
A new study showed that teens who participate in frequent family dinners (five or more per week) are less likely to abuse substances in the future than those who eat with their families two or fewer...
View ArticleObama’s New Drug Strategy Focuses on Prevention and Treatment
Aiming to curb drug use by young adults as well as drugged driving, President Barack Obama released a new anti-drug strategy that focuses on prevention and addiction treatment. The AFP reports that the...
View ArticleWhy a Shift in Drug Policy is Necessary
The following article was published by the Associated Press on May 13th, 2010: After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what?...
View ArticleCritics Say the Government Needs to Spend More on Drug Control Policy
Although the U.S. government has announced its plans to help reduce the number of people who abuse drugs as well as the number of people who fall ill or die because of drug abuse, some say the Obama...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Makes Addiction Prevention Efforts Free under Insurance...
First Lady Michelle Obama announced the new Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, which ensures that such preventive services as tobacco cessation and alcohol counseling are covered under all new health...
View ArticleIncreasing Price of Alcohol Reduces Drinking and Its Adverse Consequences
A new study has found that increasing the costs of alcohol significantly reduces the instances of alcohol-related deaths, injuries, and diseases. Researchers at the University of Florida found that...
View ArticleCertain School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs Work
A large-scale international review has found that some school programs focused on preventing and curbing alcohol abuse are effective enough for widespread use. The most effective programs reduced...
View ArticleNational Prevention Week Asks the Question “How Are You Taking Action?”
Mental wellness is very closely related to a person’s overall emotional and physical well-being, and closely related to a person’s ability to prevent themselves – and others – from sliding into deadly...
View Article‘Scared Straight’ Programs Are Harmful, Studies Find
It behooves society and parents to do anything possible to keep kids off drugs. Preventing teens from trying drugs or from drinking means saving many of them from the disease of addiction, avoiding...
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