Causes of Substance Abuse
This section contains articles on some of the many factors thought to contribute to substance use, abuse, and dependence. It includes discussions of Drug Effects and Biologic...
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Substance Abuse and Dependence
Substance abuse involves the use of drugs, alcohol or other chemicals in a way that interferes with normal healthy functioning. Substance abuse cuts across all lines of ...
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Substance abuse on college campuses is nothing new, but it is taking a more extreme and dangerous form, with higher rates of frequent binge drinking and prescription drug abuse, and more negative c...
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The Disappointment Artist, by Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday, 149 pages, $22.95. In the summer of 1977, Jonathan Lethem saw the movie Star Wars 21 times. Not that many times, really-if anything, in t...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A snapshot of an average day
in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are
smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a
report from the federal...
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Broncos running back Travis Henry won his appeal of a one-year suspension over a failed drug test Tuesday.The NFL informed Henry in September he had failed a test for marijuana. He disputed the res...
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Substance abuse on college campuses is nothing new, but it is taking a more extreme and dangerous form, with higher rates of frequent binge drinking and prescription drug abuse, and more negative c...
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Where was Betty Ford when her namesake clinic for substance abusers opened in 1982? Dashing off to Kmart with her husband to buy soap dishes for patients' rooms.The former first couple were not the...
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Causes of Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse and Dependence
Report: College substance abuse taking on dangerous forms
