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A sweet, caffeinated, high-alcohol wine has become a symbol of the growing drinking problems in Scottish society, the New York Times reported Feb. 4. Buckfast Tonic Wine goes by a number of popular names that reflect its reputation, including “Wreck…
Babies who were prenatally exposed to alcohol seem to be less responsive to pain stimuli, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia. HealthDay News reported Jan. 27 that researcher Tim F. Oberlander and colleagues studied 28 newborns and…
A pair of Marines stationed at Camp Johnson in Jacksonville, N.C., could be discharged from the Corps for using the legal herbal drug 'Spice,' which is said to provide a high similar to that of marijuana.
Soldiers given morphine soon after sustaining an injury were half as likely as their comrades to later develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study of 700 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The inspector general for the U.S. State Department recently issued a damning report on antidrug efforts in Afghanistan, saying that long-term strategy, objectives and a pathway to eventually empowering Afghans to address their own problems all are lacking.
Overruling a lower-court decision, Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the state has the right to seize $258 million in funding designated for antismoking programs and use it for other purposes, the Toledo Blade reported Jan. 1….
A bill that gives judges discretion to override mandatory sentencing rules for drug sales in drug-free school zones has passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature, the Asbury Park Press reported Jan. 8. The measure, which also allows inmates…
Misuse of prescription drugs occurs at a much higher rate among U.S. troops than the general population, with 22 percent of soldiers and 20 percent of Marines reporting prescription-drug abuse within the past year.
A new ad campaign for Nicorette gum features the tagline, “Quitting Sucks. Nicorette Makes It Suck Less,” Forbes reported Dec. 7. The ads from pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline will appear on prime-time network TV as well as magazines like ESPN, Time…
Children with parents in the military are more likely to experience anxiety than their peers. The more time a parent has spent deployed in the past three years, the likelier their children are to struggle at school and home.
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