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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 in Benzodiazepine (Benzos) | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Admissions for treatment of benzodiazepine abuse nearly tripled in the United States between 1998 and 2008, while overall admissions for substance abuse rose only 11 percent, according to a government study released Thursday. Benzodiazepines Ñ a class of drugs prescribed […]

Posted on Oct 25, 2011 in Binge Drinking | Comments Off Buffer ItÕs considered a rite of passage among young people acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could be causing

Posted on Oct 25, 2011 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer According to a new report by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), admissions for alcohol abuse treatment have remained the same in parts of the South and the Midwest, whereas they have dropped elsewhere in the United States. However, admission

Posted on Oct 26, 2011 in THC | Comments Off Buffer Marijuana is the most prevalent illicit drug used by teenagers and adults around the world. Nearly a third of high school students in the United States report smoking it, and most high schoolers say they have access to the drug. To many people, smoking

Posted on Oct 26, 2011 in Alcohol Abuse | Comments Off Buffer The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by theÊCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost threeÐquarters of these costs were due to binge drinking, consuming

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 in Addiction, Substance dependence | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia From heroin and cocaine to sex and lies, Tetris and the ponies, the spectrum of human addictions is vast. But for Dr. Nora D. Volkow, the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, they all boil

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Nearly one-third (30.5%) of alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits made by underage youth and young adults also involved illicit or pharmaceutical drugs in 2009, according to data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The most prevalent drug reported was marijuana

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 in Cannabis, THC | Comments Off Buffer Cannabis use is associated with disturbances in concentration and memory. New research by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of Neuroscience [Oct. 25], has found that brain activity becomes uncoordinated and inaccurate during these altered states of mind, leading

Posted on Oct 28, 2011 in painkillers | Comments Off Buffer Under the American Psychiatric AssociationÕs (APA) new definition of addiction, one-third of patients undergoing long-term pain therapy with opioids meet the criteria for addiction, a new study finds. Contrary to expectations, the new definition does not reduce the percentage of people considered addicted to

Posted on Oct 28, 2011 in opiates | Comments Off Buffer The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to delay making a decision about whether to reclassify drugs containing the opioid h Image by Grufnik via Flickr ydrocodone, to make them more strictly regulated, ABC News reports. The government has