Drug and Substance Abuse - Page 128

January 4, 2018

Dr. Marc Siegel: Smoking pot routinely may seem harmless but don’t be fooled (even if it’s legal)

As a physician, I am caught between wanting marijuana users and addicts to be treated as patients – and not criminals – while at the same time being very aware that regular marijuana use carries significant health risks.

December 18, 2017

Opioid epidemic burdening grandparents, foster care

As the opioid epidemic pushes children out of their parents’ custody, grandparents and other relatives are forced to step up.

December 16, 2017

University president: We know your kids are drinking and we need your help

This is the time of year when many college students return home to see family and friends, and to face nosy but well-meaning questions about school. Just as everyone at the holiday table will press them for information, students will be trying to assert some independence.

December 13, 2017

Philip Seymour Hoffman's partner Mimi O'Donnell details late actor's horrifying drug addiction

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s longtime partner Mimi O’Donnell detailed on Wednesday the late actor’s struggle with drug addiction and how she and their children have coped with the death.

December 11, 2017

Opioid painkiller prescriptions may run in families

When one person in a household gets prescribed opioids, the other people who live with them are more likely to get their own prescriptions for these narcotic painkillers, a U.S. study suggests.

December 4, 2017

'Guardian Angel' police officer adopts opioid-addicted newborn from homeless woman

"I just felt God telling me, 'Tell her that you will do it because you can.'"

November 29, 2017

Reps. Renacci, Meadows: New legislation would help fight opioid crisis that is causing holiday heartbreak

Across America, far too many families and communities are spending this holiday season not with celebration or cheer, but with heartbreak over the loss or suffering of a loved one to the opioid epidemic.

November 28, 2017

Study finds commonality in 61 percent of opioid deaths

As the staggering toll—in terms of bodies, emotions, money, and our life expectancy—of the opioid epidemic comes into sharper focus, the idea of those who are most at risk is crystallizing, too, thanks to research out of Columbia University Medical Center.

November 22, 2017

Mom, boyfriend gave baby marijuana after she broke her leg, police say

Tessa Rose Murray and Nerrell McCoy of Muncie, Ind., were arrested Monday after they failed to seek treatment for their infant daughter’s broken leg and instead gave her marijuana to treat the pain.

November 21, 2017

Former addict buries self alive in drug awareness campaign

A former addict has been buried alive outside of a Florida church since Sunday in a bid to raise awareness for drug addiction and to help others kick their habit.