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Study Finds Hospitalization Increases for Alcohol and Drug Overdoses
Warning over ‘very toxic’ chemical in Guernsey cocaine
Heart Warning Added to Label on Popular Antipsychotic Drug (Seroquel)
Study Shows Drug-Addicted Individuals May Have Less Brain Matter
CASA Columbia Releases 2011 Teen Survey: National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents
Concern over rise in deaths among addicts
Study Links Smoking With Brain Changes and Memory Decline
Marijuana Linked with Testicular Cancer
Tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical industries must love this campaign
Increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in methamphetamine users, CAMH study finds
Experts Question Safety of E-Cigarettes
Excess alcohol could damage our DNA
Study Finds Moderate Levels of Secondhand Smoke Deliver Nicotine to the Brain
Scientists are first to study toxic effects of BZP
Quit drinking to cut cancer risk
Long-term ecstasy use ‘raises risk of brain damage and Alzheimer’s’
Cannabis Use and Earlier Onset of Psychosis – A Systematic Meta-analysis
Gender Differences Emerge in Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
Cannabis Use and Psychosis
Association of active and passive smoking with risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study
People who use marijuana for a long time can develop abnormalities in their brains
Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: a systematic review
Cannabis Use and Earlier Onset of Psychosis: A Systematic Meta-analysis
Mephedrone
New brain training approach to drug addiction
States with “Medical Marijuana” (MMJ) Have Higher Prevalence of Driver Fatalities Involving Drugs: 71%
Even Occasional Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Causes Immediate Damage, New Report Finds
Medicinal Marijuana?
Vision Impaired by Moderate Drinking
Will smoking dope make me thick?
Cocaine addicts have an altered perception of reward
Neurophysiological link between cannabis use and schizophrenia found
The Relationship Between Alcohol, Drug Use and Violence Among Students
Study: Steroid Use May Fuel Crime
Does Ketamine Cause Bladder Damage?
Illegal drug usage in older people reduces quality of life
Chronic Drinking Increases Levels of Stress Hormones, Leading to Neurotoxicity
Adverse effects of cannabis on health: an update of the literature since 1996.
Marijuana and Depression
Cannabis and Cancer
U.K. Study Finds Teens Know About Marijuana Harms
Studies Demonstrate Analgesic Properties Of Synthetic Cannabinoid
Why Drug Users Become Addicts
Tiny RNA Molecule Could Prevent Cocaine Addiction
“Medical” Marijuana Use Has The Same Effect As Recreational Use
Tobacco Tax Hike Could Curb Smoking Among Those With Alcohol, Drug or Mental Disorders
The Involvement of Marijuana In California Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes 1998 -2008
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2009: Public Attitudes To Drugs And Drug Use in Scotland
Low Brain Serotonin Transporter Levels In Ecstasy Users
Steroid Users Appear More Likely To Commit Crimes Involving Weapons And Fraud, Scientists In Sweden Report
Separate And Joint Effects Of Alcohol And Tobacco On The Nucleus Accumbens
Adverse effects of cannabis on health: an update of the literature since 1996
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis: High on the Differential for Intractable Vomiting
Fears over drinking habits as liver disease deaths double
Study: Marijuana Causes Lung Damage
Anterior cingulate grey-matter deficits and cannabis use in first-episode schizophrenia
Abstinence regenerates alcoholic brain
Smoking ages skin across the body
Substance Use A Major Burden Of Disease For Adolescents – The Lancet Adolescent Health Series
Cannabis linked to lung cancer risk
Jump in alcoholic liver disease
Ecstasy linked to ‘significant’ memory loss
Alcohol and increased risk of cancer
Smoking Marijuana Causes Infertility
Alcohol related hospital admissions double in last ten years according to latest official figures
Cannabis abuse and risk for psychosis in a prodromal sample
Deadly New ‘Legal’ Drug Bound For Britain
Regular Recreational Drug Use Affects Memory
The Impact of Cannabis Smoking on Respiratory Health
Drinkers, Smokers Less Likely to Survive Cancer
Cocaine deaths increase as temperature rises.
Psychosis More Common Among Teen Marijuana Users: Study
Death Rates from Alcohol Escalate
Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: a systematic review
Chronic Abuse of Different Drugs Causes Similar Brain Changes
Cannabis and Related Disorders
Marijuana Damages DNA And May Cause Cancer, New Test Reveals
Marijuana Smoke Contains Higher Levels Of Certain Toxins Than Tobacco Smoke
Growing Evidence Of Marijuana Smoke’s Potential Dangers
Smoking Marijuana Impairs Cognitive Function In MS Patients
Marijuana Use Associated with a Subtype of Testicular Cancer
Imaging Study Shows Awareness Deficit in Marijuana Abusers
Researchers Identify Clues About Marijuana Effects
Risk Of Hepatitis C-Related Liver Damage Increased By Regular Marijuana Use
Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study
Cannabis and Dental Problems
Regional Brain Abnormalities Associated With Long-term Heavy Cannabis Use
Alcohol and drugs deaths in Scotland are twice the UK average
Accelerated Aging Caused By Drug Use
Does Heavy Alcohol Use Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer?
Marijuana Smoke Contains Higher Levels Of Certain Toxins Than Tobacco Smoke
Long-term Cannabis Users May Have Structural Brain Abnormalities
Recession leads to more alcohol use and suicides
Alcohol and Pancreatic Cancer
Alcohol Consumption Increases the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Next 12 Hours
Cannabis Use and Mental Health Problems
Shooting Up Infections among injecting drug users
Pot smokers risk schizophrenia: research
Cannabis may shrink brain, scientists report
Alcohol and drugs deaths in Scotland are twice the UK average
Cannabis linked to earlier psychosis onset
Colon Cancer Risk Greater for Women Exposed to Tobacco
SAMHSA Data Shows 1.7 Million Visits to Emergency Departments are Drug Related
New research reveals how cannabis alters brain function
TB, substance abuse closely linked in U.S.
Addicts ‘find less pleasure in life’
Mental Illness By Itself Does Not Predict Future Violent Behavior, Study Finds
Problematic Drug Use in England
Marijuana implicated in Testicular Cancer
Heavy drinking tied to depression
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Clinical diagnosis of an underrecognised manifestation of chronic cannabis abuse
Daily Consumption Of Cannabis Predisposes To Appearance Of Psychosis And Schizophrenia, Study Finds
Long-term, heavy cannabis use may be associated with structural abnormalities in areas of the brain known as the hippocampus and amygdala, according to a new article.
Number of drink and drug abusers filling mental hospitals soars by a third
Sperm From Marijuana Smokers Move Too Fast Too Early, Impairing Fertility
Recent clinical evidence for “intranasal transmission.”
Marijuana Use Affects Blood Flow In Brain Even After Abstinence
Computer versus Therapist-delivered Treatment for Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol/Cannabis Use
Alcohol and Cancer in Women: Results of a Large Prospective UK Study
Drivers Ages 21 to 34 Disproportionately Involved in Drunk-Driving Fatal Crashes
Alcohol’s Effect on the Brain is Rapid, Detrimental
Statistics highlight link between injecting drug use and HIV
Early Predictors of Heavy Cocaine Use
Cannabis not harmless as supposed
Killer virus hits past drug users
One in five pregnant women smoke
Threat from endotoxins prompts call for curbs on indoor smoking
MJ & Violence
Drugs And The Immune System
First use to dependence, Study looks at Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine
Drug Use Sensitizes The Brain
Biological Evidence Can Persuade People to Change Unhealthy Habits
Link Between Ecstasy And Memory Loss
Ecstasy Use During Pregnancy Can Cause Memory Damage
Ecstasy
Autopsy gives clues to Ecstasy effects
Study Shows Why Cocaine Users are Prone to Infection
Drug- Driving
Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study
Government action on drugs and driving
Marijuana Firmly Linked to Infertility
Cannabis and sperm
Cardiovascular complications of recreational drugs
Marijuana Damages Reproductive Function
Study Blames Alcohol, Other Drug Users for Crimes
Meth Hurts Moms, Kids in Rural Areas
Pot smokers aggressive when quitting
Nefazodone treatment for withdrawal from Cannabis
British study links cannabis to psychosis
Cannabis use can lead to vomiting
Female Drinkers More Likely to Encounter Sexual Aggression
Health Problems Often Accompany Addiction
Heavy Australian cannabis use poses mental health risk
Hep C prevalent among homeless youth
Cannabis link to mental illness among the young
Proof that smoking cannabis can make you psychotic by Dr Thomas Stuttaford
Brain Area Found to Be Smaller in Cocaine Addicts
Doctors link marijuana to mental illness
Cannabis Effects
Smoking and Binge Drinking Raises Oral-Cancer Risk
Cannabis linked to bone disease
Living with Smoker Can Shorten Lifespan
Smoking Causes Heart Attacks Worldwide
Cannabis link to Maori cancer
Drug Use and Other Illness
Animal Studies Show Progression of Drug Use
Antiemetic efficacy of smoked marijuana
Assessment of Driving Capability Through the Use of Clinical and Psychomotor Tests in Relation to Blood Cannabinoids Levels Following Oral Administration of 20 mg Dronabinol or of a Cannabis Decoction
Cannabis use and misuse prevalence among people with psychosis
Chronic cannabis abuse raises nerve growth factor serum concentrations in drug-naive schizophrenic patients
Cocaine Can Harm Heart’s Blood Vessels
Dipping Marijuana Cigarettes In Embalming Fluid
Drug Drivers in Australia
Ecstasy related to learning deficits
Ecstasy users more prone to disease
Epidemic of liver disease hits women drinkers
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Hard drugs kill more people in Strathclyde than traffic accidents
Heavy drinking leads to Heart Problems
Heavy Drinking Quickly Damages Brain
Marijuana’s Effects Linger in the Brain
Maternal smoking, drinking or cannabis use during pregnancy and neurobehavioral and cognitive functioning in human offspring
Meth use causes brain damage
Nicotine Withdrawal Linked to Disrupted Glutamate Signalling
Oral cannabis induces psychosis at low levels
Pot-Based Drug Promising for Arthritis
Pot Shock
Rates of mental illness combined with drug abuse soar
Research Finds Link Between Alcoholism, Depression
Respiratory Effects of Marijuana and Tobacco Use in a U.S. Sample
Fertility Harmed by Secondhand Smoke, Researchers Say
Smoking Doubles Risk of Breast Cancer
Smoking More Deadly for Women, Study Says
Study finds smoking harms women more than men
Substance Abusers More Likely to Have Antisocial Disorders
Researchers Discover Mechanism Behind Alcohol-Cancer Link
Study: Alcohol Health Risks Outweigh Benefits
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Costs Nearly $10 Billion per Year
Adult Antisocial Syndromes Common Among Substance Abusers
Cannabis ‘can lead to harder drugs’
Cocaine alters brain cells, impairs impulse control
Psychophysiological Evidence of Altered Neural Synchronization in Cannabis Use: Relationship to Schizotypy
Give up and glow
Health Problems Often Accompany Addiction
Liver disease may kill heroin users
Long Term Marijuana Use May Fog the Brain
Male Smokers More Likely to Be Impotent
Marijuana May Sabotage Pregnancy
Memory, Speed of Thinking Get Worse over Time with Marijuana Use
People who first try marijuana at a young age are more likely to develop mental illnesses
Problem Of Dual Diagnosis
The Impact of Substance Dependence on the Course of Depression Comorbid depression
Studies link marijuana use, drug addiction
Cocaine Use, Hypertension Major Risk Factors For Brain
Opiate and Cocaine Exposed Newborns: Growth
More Evidence on Marijuana Gateway Effect
Cannabis Psychosis
Marijuana’s Impact on Complex Cognitive Performance
Drug Use Is Blamed For Rise In Birth Defects
Heroin, Cocaine, Alcohol Top Drug-Related Deaths
Marijuana Could Cause Lung Disease
Cannabis and psychiatric reactions
Cigarette Smoking and Cognitive decline in Mid-Life Evidence From a Prospective Birth Cohort Study
Smoking and drug abuse traits linked to genes
American Lung Association – Healthy Lungs
Chest pains brought on by cocaine overwhelm A&E units
Smoke interferes with asthma
Pollution higher indoors
Research
Millions exposed to secondhand smoke at work
Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions
Cannabinoid has no impact on spasticity associated with MS
THC-caused apoptosis linked to central nervous system abnormalities in infants
UK Drug Deaths Soar
Smoking can double risk of MS
Marijuana will not stop Multiple Sclerosis Pain
Marijuana Can Trigger Rapid Drop in Blood Pressure
Youth smoking
Alcohol facts from SAMHSA 2001
Effects of Marijuana: Driving-Related Skills
Marijuana and workplace performance
Child abuse can lead to substance abuse
Drug-resistant HIV often spread among drug users
Drug Use in the USA
Jobs Don’t Prevent New Drug Offenses After Prison
HCV & HIV Common in Young Canadian Drug Users
Cocaine May Compromise Immune System, Increase Risk of Infection
Many epilepsy and multiple sclerosis patients self-medicate with marijuana
Does Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome Exist?
2003 Report by Florida Medical Examiners Commission on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons
Marijuana Compounds May Act Without Causing a High
Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among offspring.
Drug abuse causing heart attack like symptoms
Cannabis lifts emphysema risk
Drug abuse linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
Drug abuse linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
The Drug Abuse Warning Network tracks emergency department and drug mortality statistics in the United States
Young People’s Alcohol Drinking Influenced By How Much Advertising They View
Twin study shows cannabis makes moving to hard drugs more likely
Marijuana Can Trigger Rapid Drop in Blood Pressure
Genetics Plays Role In Relapse Of Illicit Drug-seeking Behavior
Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain
Cocaine can cause major stomach problems: surgeon
Association Between Marijuana Use and Transitional Cell Carcinoma
Ecstasy May Leave Brain More Prone To Infection
Cannabis and Driving
Genetics Plays A Role In The Relapse Of Drug-seeking Behaviour In Humans
Residential Student Assistance Program
Psychosis due to “skunk”
Letters to the Editor:-
Wired for Addiction
Pathology of deaths associated with “ecstasy” and “eve” misuse
Cortical and striatal circuits influenced during repeated methamphetamine administration
Alcohol, drinking, illicit drug use, and stress in junior house officers in north-east England