Drug treatment grads more likely to reoffend Rearrest rate 48% ...
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Drug offenders steered into treatment programs instead of jail under provisions set by Proposition 36 in 2000 were more likely to be rearrested for drug-related crimes than defendants who went through non-Prop.
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One in 12 full-time US workers acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports.
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Roughly 19 million people are expected to reap some savings from Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug benefit, according to an independent analysis released Monday.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no 'grace period' when it comes to use of injection drugs like heroin or cocaine: A new study in Addiction finds teenage and young adult users triple their risk for death soon after taking up the habit.
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By Yuri Kadobnov, AFP. A scientific review that appears in this month&#39;s edition of the journal Psychopharmacology reports that half of all adults experience drug-withdrawal symptoms
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Survey finds that patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety who combine drug and talk therapy tended to fare better than those who opt for "mostly drug" or "mostly talk" therapy.
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The rate of illicit drug use remained stable last year in the United States, but there could be a resurgence in the use of ecstasy and LSD among young adults, the federal government reported Thursday.
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Most large employers will maintain prescription drug benefits for retirees after the Medicare drug insurance program begins in 2006, but many will be at reduced levels, according to a study released Tuesday.
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More than four million people younger under age 21 drove under the influence of drugs or alcohol last year, according to a government report released Wednesday. That's one in five of all Americans aged 16 to 20.
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More young U.S. adults are abusing  prescription medications, particularly painkillers, according  to the government&#39;s annual report on substance abuse released  on Thursday.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.
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NEW YORK  - First-degree relatives of  alcoholics are more likely to also become addicted to alcohol,  as well as to other drugs such as cocaine, according to new  research.
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An effort to ease tensions over the use of morphine-based painkillers has backfired -- leaving many doctors and patients more fearful than before that they could be arrested for practicing what they consider good medicine.
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NEW YORK  - A drug prevention program for   sixth-graders can help prevent them from using methamphetamine   years later, a new study shows.
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Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received care from Veterans Affairs between 2001 and 2005 were diagnosed with mental health or psychosocial ills, a study published Monday has concluded.
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NEW YORK  - New research may help explain  why people find it so easy to fall back into old habits after  they've decided to change their ways.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.