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By Christopher Ingraham Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC data released Thursday. That marks an increase of nearly [...]

Date: December 12, 2016 Source: New York University Trends of self-reported past-month binge alcohol use and alcohol use disorder were examined among adults age 50 and older. The researchers [...]

Social casino gaming is a booming industry; in 2016, revenues were estimated at $1,695 million in North America alone, mostly from advertising. In social casino gaming, no money is won or lost, [...]

DEC 06 (WASHINGTON) –DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which details the extent to which illicit drugs are [...]

By Amanda Moore, Parent Herald November 18 Substance Abuse Epidemic Growing Worse Than Cancer As opioid, heroin and other substance abuse addiction in America rise, grandparents raising [...]

NAADAC is encouraging its constituents to sign a Citizens Petition to the White House to provide legal protection for scientists working in one of the 28 states (or DC) where marijuana has been [...]

When Ashley Hurteau, 32, was arrested in 2015, she faced a list of charges for crimes she committed to finance a drug craving she had struggled with for more than a decade. “I wasn’t using it to [...]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued the first-ever Surgeon General’s report on addiction on Thursday. Dr. Murthy [...]