Addiction
Heroin use levels off in U.S., but still high: report
(HealthDay)—Levels of heroin use in the United States have stabilized but are still high, federal officials reported Thursday.
Apr 23, 2015
2
34
Page 12 - News tagged with illegal drugs
Medications
Legally high? Teenagers and prescription drug abuse
Legal drugs such as OxyContin now kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined. While awareness of the dangers of illegal drugs has increased, many teens are still ignorant of the significant physical danger posed by ...
Mar 24, 2015
0
14
Addiction
Gov't says fewer drivers are drinking, but more use drugs
(AP)—A government report says the number of drivers who get on the road with alcohol in their systems has declined by nearly one-third since 2007, but there has been a large increase in drivers using marijuana and other ...
Feb 6, 2015
0
25
Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychiatrist suggests better tracking of positive drug side-effects that improve mental health
(Medical Xpress)—Noted British psychiatrist and former advisor to the British government, David Nutt is suggesting in a World View column in the journal Nature, that a means be created for noting side-effects of drugs that ...
Medications
Six reasons Australia should pilot 'pill testing' party drugs
The death of 19-year-old Georgina Bartter at a music festival on the weekend from a suspected ecstasy overdose could possibly have been avoided with a simple harm-minimisation intervention. Pill testing, or drug checking ...
Nov 12, 2014
0
0
Health
Draft study: More pilots test positive for drugs
A draft study of pilots killed in plane crashes over more than two decades shows increasing use of both legal and illegal drugs, including some that could impair flying.
Sep 9, 2014
0
0
Health
Prescription drugs play an increased role in traffic deaths
As states across the country explore the relaxation of marijuana laws, the changes have sparked widespread debate about the actions' impact on public safety. According to a West Virginia University School of Public Health ...
May 22, 2014
0
0
Addiction
US cocaine use cut by half, while marijuana consumption jumps, study finds
A new study shows that the use of cocaine dropped by half across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while use of marijuana jumped by more than 30 percent during the period. Studying illegal drug use nationally from 2000 ...
Mar 10, 2014
0
0
Addiction
Beating the poppy seed defense: New test can distinguish heroin use from seed ingestion
Heroin is one of the most widely used illegal drugs in the world, but drug testing has long been challenged by the difficulty in separating results of illicit heroin users from those who have innocently eaten poppy seeds ...
Jan 7, 2014
0
0
Health
Pot smoking in pregnancy tied to stillbirth risk
(HealthDay)—Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may triple their risk for a stillbirth, a new study suggests.
Dec 10, 2013
0
0
