July 27, 2016 Cocaine and meth use may erode moral compass, study finds People who use cocaine or methamphetamine on a regular basis may have differences in those brain regions that are involved in choosing between right and wrong, compared to people who don't use these drugs, according to a new study of prison inmates
July 27, 2016 Teens who play sports less likely to say they've done heroin Teens who play sports are less likely than those who don't to say they've ever used opioid painkillers without a prescription or heroin, according to a new U.S. study.
July 25, 2016 When pot became legal in Colorado, kids' exposures went up After recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, there was an increase in hospitalizations and poison control center visits for kids who’d been accidentally exposed to the drug, researchers say.
July 22, 2016 Alcohol can cause certain cancers, study says Drinking alcohol may cause seven different types of cancer, a new meta-analysis finds
July 19, 2016 Surging heroin use threatens Kenya's HIV/AIDS gains Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin.
July 15, 2016 Dangerous drugs: Why synthetic-cannabinoid overdoses are on the rise Overdoses from synthetic cannabinoids are on the rise, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
July 15, 2016 Women may not admit to smoking during pregnancy Although only about 8 percent of pregnant women in a new U.S. study reported smoking cigarettes, twice as many tested positive for high levels of a chemical that indicates nicotine exposure.
July 15, 2016 Ohio officials find powerful anesthetic in some heroin cases Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around the northeast Ohio city of Akron suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.
July 14, 2016 Partners' drinking habits influence marriage satisfaction Older married couples with the same drinking habits - whether they partake, or abstain - tend to be happier than couples where only one partner drinks, researchers say.
July 14, 2016 Cocaine, meth might mess with your morals Which comes first, the hard drugs or the criminal behavior?