Each year, communities across the country recognize National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week, an annual observance designed to spark conversations about the science of drug use and addiction among youth.

This past October, the New York Post ran a story headlined “Crystal Meth Replacing Cocaine in N.Y.,”premised on the fact that Drug Enforcement Administration agents in the city saw a spike in crystal ...

(WGN Radio) – Injectable GLP-1 medications, like Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and Zepbound, have been the subject of a lot of excitement – some of it earned, some of it thanks to myths circulating about ...

A few days ago I posted a column from a very bright student from University of California, Santa Barbara. She wrote about drugs and alcohol on the college campus and I am pleased to post her next ...

In the last week, three young adults have died after taking apparent overdoses of a drug known on the street as “molly”— two of them over the Labor Day weekend at a New York electronic music festival.

With drugs and alcohol, some common misconceptions exist. Myth: Alcohol is safer than drugs. Fact: The body reacts to alcohol the same way it would react to any other drug because it is a drug. Myth: ...

“Cannabis is dangerous.” “Weed leads you to other drugs.” “Marijuana opens the door to harder substances.” After an extensive analysis and review process, the results were published this month in the ...

As weight loss medications continue to grow in popularity, so do some of the myths surrounding them. For example, there’s the false belief that people will see instant results. “The medication itself ...

Introduction : the politics of scapegoating -- "The press has done a tremendous disservice" : historical perspective -- Creating the myth of the "Nam junkie" : mass media and the rise of a drug scare ...