Drug provision of 1988 denies financial aid for college students with multiple drug convictions, past or presentCurrently, if a student is convicted of possession of a controlled substance then their financial aid is suspended for one year; if convicted a second time then the suspension is two addit…

Less than ten percent of all people receiving addiction treatment last year were in residential programsIn 2004, only 27 percent of drug rehabilitation and addiction treatment centers offered non-hospital residential programs, despite evidence from research such as the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome S…

Marijuana use linked to poor academic performance and treatment admissions are risingA release from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) earlier this month announced their partnership with education and health leaders to launch an ad campaign targeting parents. An open letter to parent…

Mr. de Grey’s ideas have won him plenty of praise and criticism. Eastern date.
Aging is not, in his view, inevitable, and medical science should be able to reverse its effects in the next decade or two. Chat with Aubrey de Grey at the The Chronicle: Colloquy on Tuesday, November 1, at 1 p.m., U….

The Office of National Drug Control Policy urges more schools to begin student drug testing programs as a supplement existing drug prevention measures.The President’s fiscal year 2006 budget proposes $25.4 million for student drug testing programs, which is an increase of more than $15 million ove…

Methadone use has increased in pain management and drug replacement therapy for addicts despite hundreds of people dying each year from black market use.The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s Drug Abuse Warning Network reported that more than 10,000 people turned up in emergency ro…

The estimated number of people abusing or dependent on alcohol and other drugs rose by nearly two million from 2003 to 2004.The total number of people needing treatment for substance abuse or dependence in the United States for 2004 was estimated at 23.5 million, which is 9.8 percent of the populati…

Schools throughout the country focus on drug education and prevention during Red Ribbon Week October 23-31.Red Ribbon Week is considered national drug education and prevention week and has been celebrated since 1986 when a Drug Enforcement Agent was kidnapped and killed for coming close to breaking …

More than 7 million people under the age of 21 are current binge drinkers in the U.S.While overall drug use among adolescents has continued to decline in recent years, there has been little change in the alcohol consumption of young people under the legal drinking age of 21. The latest statistics f…