Top headlines of the week from Friday, April 24 - Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Nationwide levels of heavy drinking and binge drinking are on the rise, but there are large variations in rates of excessive alcohol use across the United States, a new study finds.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, April 17 - Thursday, April 23, 2015.
A new government study finds almost 10 percent of full-time workers in the United States report having had a recent substance abuse problem. Nearly 9 percent of workers reported heavy drinking in the past month.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16, 2015.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, April 3 - Thursday, April 9, 2015.
Some colleges and universities are moving to ban alcohol at fraternities to reduce misconduct, according to USA Today.
Children who are allowed to sip alcohol are more likely to drink by the time they reach ninth grade, a new study finds.
Teens who drink are more likely than nondrinkers to use e-cigarettes, a new study finds. Those most likely to use e-cigarettes are teens who drink frequently, binge drink, drink to get drunk, drink strong alcohol products, and show signs of unsupervised alcohol consumption, HealthDay reports.
If all new cars had devices that prevent drunk drivers from starting the engine, an estimated 85 percent of alcohol-related deaths could be prevented in the United States, a new study concludes.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, March 13 - Thursday, March 19, 2015.
A person’s income level may influence how much they drink, a new study suggests.
Powdered alcohol was approved by a government agency on Tuesday, The Washington Post reports. The product, called “Palcohol,” could arrive in stores this summer.
Brief alcohol education programs are only temporarily effective in convincing college students to reduce their drinking, a new study suggests.
Doctors and nurses should undergo random drug testing, argues a leading medical ethicist. “I am sorry to say that addiction and the abuse of drugs are not really a part of the discussion about making medicine safer,” says Arthur L. Caplan, PhD.
The more friends a person is with when they are out drinking, the more they will drink themselves, a new study concludes.
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Teens who drink supersized flavored alcoholic drinks known as “alcopops” are at greatly increased risk of injury, according to a new study.
Many YouTube videos that show drunkenness portray excessive alcohol consumption in a positive light, a new study finds. The videos with the most “likes” were funny, Time reports.
Almost 60 percent of pregnant teens say they have used one or more substances in the past year, nearly double the rate of non-pregnant teens, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have found.
Drugs to treat alcoholism would not have to lead to sobriety in order to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, under a proposal by the agency. Instead, drug companies could gain approval for treatments if they prove patients using them no longer drink heavily.
Moderate consumption of alcohol confers little to no health benefit for most people, a new analysis of almost 53,000 adults finds. The researchers said previous studies that found light alcohol consumption could benefit health were flawed.
A survey of college freshmen finds many fewer of them report drinking and smoking in high school, compared with first-year college students in previous years.
Fewer Americans are driving drunk, but a growing number are driving under the influence of marijuana and other illegal drugs, according to a new government report.
Makers of beer, wine and spirits reported a growth in sales last year, USA Today reports. Overall sales of liquor increased 4 percent, to $23.1 billion.
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