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A team of Canadian researchers has uncovered a strong link between substance abuse and traumatic brain injury (TBI) among adolescents, specifically that students in grades 9 through 12 who had suffered such an injury were two to four times more likely to abuse drugs than peers with no history of TBI, according to a new more...

As we move toward widespread legal sanction of marijuana use, there is a scarcity of good information available about the drug’s true effects on the human mind and body. Unfortunately, the scientific study of marijuana has been complicated by political considerations: advocates of marijuana refuse to accept evidence more...

Brief, legitimate oxycodone consumption can trigger brain changes that increase long-term susceptibility for opioid addiction, a new study finds. (more…) more...

Alcohol consumption patterns in the final month of high school have a significant impact on young adults’ level of drinking-related risk in college, according to a new study from the University of California, Santa Barbara. (more…) more...

Diane Funston, RN, joins The Recovery Place addiction treatment center as executive director. Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) Feb. 17, 2015 – The Recovery Place addiction treatment center in Florida is proud to welcome Diane Funston as executive director. Funston earned a bachelor’s degree in human services/healthca more...

People in detox treatment for opioid abuse are more than twice as likely to misuse other types of medication such as prescription stimulants, prescription sedatives and tranquilizers than alcoholics undergoing detox, a new study finds. (more…) more...

For thousands of years, drinking alcohol has remained a large part of society and human civilization. While it’s long been an activity commonly associated with pleasure and sociability, it can also have a lasting negative impact on a person’s health. (more…) more...

In Step Four, we learn that we need to take inventory of ourselves. This inventory isn’t just a brief glance at our lives and ourselves, but rather a fearless and thorough look. The purpose of Step Four is to discover exactly where we are at this moment in time so we can move forward. In doing this step, we will lear more...

College students have relatively high rates for alcohol problems, and, in turn, a heightened risk for depressive illness. In a study published in late 2014 in the journal Addictive Behaviors, researchers from two Canadian universities assessed the role of solitary drinking in explaining the alcohol-related risks in col more...

In Step Three, we make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of the Higher Power we defined in Step Two. It is a way of letting go of the steering wheel of life and trusting in God (or the universe or however we understand this power) to lead us on the right path and to help us make the right decisions more...