Recreational Substance Use

It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?

2013-05-21 16:18:00

By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...

OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use

2013-05-17 14:30:00

BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...

Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana

2013-05-17 18:38:00

Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...

Josh Hamilton's allergies not linked to drug use, doctors say

2013-05-16 19:25:00

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Pot in a pill: All the pain relief without the smoke

2013-04-23 08:55:00

Unless there is some recognized analgesic effect of rolling a joint, lighting it up and deeply inhaling the by-products of marijuana combustion, then it stands to reason that you could distill the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana,...

Marijuana legalization wins majority support in poll

2013-04-04 09:13:00

WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll indicates, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby boom generation feels about the drug of their youth. By 52% to 45%, adult Americans back...

Suspect held after car crashes into San Jose Wal-Mart

2013-04-02 00:00:00

A man who allegedly crashed his car through a Wal-Mart and began attacking people inside, injuring four, was being held without bail Monday in San Jose. Authorities said Haamid Ade Zaid, 33, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, hit...

Drug addiction rising in Egypt, officials say

2013-03-28 11:05:00

CAIRO -- The Egyptian government says it is taking steps to battle drug addiction, especially among young people, which has escalated amid deepening social and economic problems since the 2011 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. The...

Addressing girls' health needs at juvenile detention centers

2013-03-16 16:25:00

Latrice lifts the sleeve of her gray sweatshirt to reveal small, dark lines — scars from slicing her forearm over and over to drown out pain from years of sexual abuse. She says she was an alcoholic, dropped out of school in the eighth grade and got...

Is a Facebook 'like' too much information?

2013-03-12 05:05:00

Go ahead, click the "like" icon on the "Wicked, the Musical" page on Facebook. You may be telling more people than you intended that you're gay. Click it for Hello Kitty. You may be telling someone you have an "open" personality but aren't as...

Doctors debate telling patients to smoke marijuana

2013-02-20 14:00:00

Perhaps you know whether you’d want to use marijuana to relieve severe pain or nausea. But if you were a doctor, what would you tell patients who asked about taking something that’s against federal law? The New England Journal of Medicine...

Walt Sweeney dies at 71; offensive guard for the San Diego Chargers

2013-02-06 16:46:00

In his first game in 1963 with the San Diego Chargers, Walt Sweeney established a pattern that would mark his 13 seasons as a star in professional football. Even though it was only an exhibition, Sweeney played with a fearsome aggressiveness. As a...

Ozzy Osbourne has denied those split rumors, but he appears to have taken a ride on the crazy train once again � at least for a little while. The rocker took to Facebook on Monday night with his side of the story. "For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs," he wrote.

2013-04-19 16:02:00

Who got Whitney Houston started using drugs? Bobby Brown says it wasn't him. Houston's drug use started "way before" he entered the picture, he told Matt Lauer in a "Today" show interview.

2012-05-04 17:11:00

The U.S. has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners, primarily due to drug arrests. According to the Wall Street Journal: "If we want to effectively curb drug use, we should look to the campaign against tobacco consumption.

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