Alcoholism is a devastating disease in part because of the ‘symptom’ of heavy drinking but more so due to the extensive harm it causes physical organs, such as the heart and liver, as well as damage to an individual’s psychosocial well-being that decreases quality of life. Remarkably, and for the first time, addiction experts led [...]
Continual aggressive behavior from childhood through late adolescence is a significant predictor of adult alcohol use and abuse, a new University of Michigan study indicates. In comparison to childhood and adolescent aggression, some variables often thought of as risk factors, such as problems in the family and parents’ poor educational background, are weak predictors of [...]
A survey conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) research consortium found that the United States had among the highest lifetime rates of tobacco and alcohol use and led in the proportion of participants reporting cannabis (marijuana) or cocaine use at least once during their lifetime. The study, led by Dr. Louisa Degenhardt of the [...]
