It’s amazing how one little word can change the meaning of a sentence that yearns to mean something else. The new prescribing regulations from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) covering Schedule II drugs contains just such a word: “undue.” I...

Treatment for alcoholism by family doctors may be the coming thing as a result of new drugs that claim to reduce the craving for alcohol. But although the new drugs show promise in helping some drinkers stay off the bottle, alcoholics will just be trading...

Parents should know that recent studies reveal teenagers are at increased risk when using cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to get high. And they should sit their sons and daughters down and tell them just how dangerous this seemingly harm...

Teenagers busted for possession, adults busted for trafficking, cops busted for stealing drugs from evidence lockers - every day of the week there are dozens of news stories about drug-related crime. A few of the crimes are purely for money, but most are ...

Big Pharma is spending almost twice as much money on promotion as it does on research and development of new drugs - contrary to what they say. And the effects of all this promotion can be seen across the country where tens of thousands of prescription dr...

Well, here we are in 2008, and it’s time to reflect on the year gone by. What’s the first thing we recall from 2007? The war in Iraq? The mid-west floods? The California wild-fires? Al Gore’s global-warming peace prize? For many Americans what pops ...

In the battle against soaring prescription drug addiction and abuse and deaths from prescription narcotics like OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone, our only front line of defense is the army of prescribing doctors. Monitoring how patients are doing and spot...

In another article I covered some of the principles of being a good shooter and I focused on the lower body. In this article I want to cover some of the key principles of using the upper body and how it affects your shooting. Understand that there a...

A recent survey revealed that only 6 percent of parents are concerned about the possibility of their kids abusing prescription drugs. Obviously, they haven’t seen the statistics. But what’s most troubling about this information is that if parents aren...

Drug courts are a recent innovation in the country. They’re designed to help stop the abuse of alcohol and drugs and related criminal activity by ordering offenders into drug treatment programs instead of serving jail time. In exchange for completing th...

Crackdowns on cocaine traffickers in Mexico and Colombia are credited with a drop in cocaine use by U.S. workers to the lowest rate in at least a decade, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. A special report from Quest Diag...

Nissan, Saab and Volvo have been researching built-in breathalyzer-type detection systems that could help keep drunk drivers off the road. In some versions, if you fail the test the car won’t start. Now that’s a great idea, but I think it would be eve...

Celebrities experiencing relapses after one or more rehabs, such as the recent Lindsay Lohan fall from grace after her second high-priced treatment program, are drawing public attention to the possible lack of effectiveness of alcohol and drug rehab progr...

You may have heard about a drug called Actiq – a berry-flavored lozenge on a stick that looks and tastes like a lollipop. It was approved by the FDA for cancer patients only, but is being prescribed for everything from migraines to back pain, and has fo...

Since the defeat of the Taliban government in 2001, Taliban insurgents have regained control of the southern poppy-growing regions. The country’s opium trade is back to supplying 92% of the world’s opium, along with vast amounts of heroin. Here in Ame...