Who benefits from forced drug tests? No one but the companies that make drug tests.
Addiction
Can the Quit-Smoking Drug Chantix Help People Kick Alcohol, Cocaine?
Two new studies report intriguing evidence on new uses for a controversial anti-smoking drug.
How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness
A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people’s risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life.
Whitney Houston’s Death: Hallmarks of a Battle Against Addiction and Overdose
The cause of the legendary singer’s death on Saturday is still unknown, but it bears the signs of overdose.
Is Twitter Really More Addictive than Alcohol? The Vagaries of Will and Desire
Twitter and Facebook are harder to resist than alcohol and cigarettes, but so is the urge to work, according to new research on people’s daily struggles with self-control and desire.
Siblings Brain Study Sheds Light on the Roots of Addiction
Why do some people get addicted while others remain immune to the lure of drugs?
Demi’s Drug: What Is Nitrous Oxide?
A former nitrous addict and expert on addiction explains why laughing gas is no joke.
The Perils of ‘Metabolic Chauvinism’
A reporter’s notes from a recent scientific conference
Champion of Pain Relief, Siobhan Reynolds Dead in Plane Crash
The pain community loses a pioneering activist
Super-Duper Hydrocodone? An Open Letter to Big Pharma
A powerful and addictive new painkiller is coming down the pike. Can this be anything but an unmitigated disaster?
Clean Needles Saved My Life. Now Congress Wants to Ban Funding for Needle Exchange
Would you rather save lives and save money — or make a political point? Sadly, when the question involves the issue of clean needle programs, the choice to “send a message” always seems to win.
Teen Drug Use: Marijuana Up, Cigarettes and Alcohol Down
The latest update to the annual Monitoring the Future survey of drug use in American youth bears mainly good news, at least if your interest is in reducing drug-related harm
Perspective: Why Did Conrad Murray Get Just Four Years In Jackson’s Death?
Dr. Conrad Murray, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, the maximum sentence for the crime.