Senior Drug Addicts Increasing
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Drug Testing of Adolescents Could Backfire
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. Earlier this summer, the United States Supreme Court ruled that broad-based drug testing in public schools is constitutional. When the justices reached this momentous decision, most of the nation’s school kids were already long-gone from the classroom for the summer vacation.
Kicking the Habit (Sort of): Is Abstinence a Losing Battle?
The Wall Street Journal By Tara Parker-Pope For many people who smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, abstinence seems impossible. Now doctors and public-health officials are debating whether it’s even always necessary. A number of medical researchers now believe that smokers and alcohol abusers can benefit from “harm reduction” – meaning instead…
Start Chewing may be Tobacco Option
The New York Sun By Julia Levy Harm Reduction To Be Topic At Health Symposium If all current smokers in America switched from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco products, 80 times fewer people a year could die of tobacco related illnesses within one generation, an Alabama professor says. So should all…
Where clean and sober includes a hairdo
The New York Times By Felicia R. Lee Her eyes didn’t match the rather ordinary details conveyed in a cursory glance: a middle-aged woman, small pieces of jewelry, demure sweater set, tentative posture. Her eyes had seen hell. She came on opening day at the salon, with its dancing blue…