December 13, 2016 Does marijuana use affect a person's vision? Regular marijuana use may affect how well certain cells in the eye's retina function, a small new study finds.
December 12, 2016 Surge in drug-affected newborns driven by rural opioid use A surge in U.S infants born with symptoms of withdrawal from heroin or strong prescription painkillers is driven largely by rising drug use among women in rural areas, a new study found.
December 12, 2016 Ivory Coast is latest to crack down on alcohol satchets Each morning at dawn, taxi driver Rene Kouame stops by his neighborhood bar in Abidjan for a potent pick-me-up: two plastic sachets of "Che Guevara," a drink of spiced rum and a host of chemicals that costs 100 CFA francs, or about 15 U.S. cents.
December 9, 2016 Dr. Manny: 5 steps Trump can take to help curb the opioid epidemic in America Before Donald Trump became president-elect of the United States, I declared my support for his proposed efforts to help curb the tragic opioid abuse epidemic our nation is facing today.
December 9, 2016 A grim tally soars: More than 50K overdose deaths in US More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever.
December 8, 2016 People with traumatic brain injuries more likely to go to prison Men and women who suffered traumatic brain injuries had more than twice the risk of winding up in a federal prison in Canada as their uninjured peers, a new study shows.
December 7, 2016 Pittsburgh parents charged after 2-month-old allegedly overdoses on methadone A Pittsburgh man and woman are facing charges after their 2-month-old baby was allegedly revived by the rescue drug Narcan and tested positive for methadone.
December 7, 2016 Researchers fret as info lags on pot effects on older adults Surveys show a small but growing number of older adults are using marijuana — a trend that worries researchers who say not enough information exists about how pot affects older users.
December 6, 2016 One drink a day may not always keep the doctor away It's called "holiday heart" because it happens to binge drinkers who feel a flutter or irregular heartbeat after too many cocktails at parties.
December 5, 2016 Bloomberg expands effort to curb tobacco use worldwide Former New York City mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his fortune over the past decade fighting tobacco use in the developing world.
