Tag: alcohol

    Federally Funded Study Links Marijuana Use to Reduced Heavy Drinking

    Marijuana use is linked to lower alcohol intake and diminished cravings in heavy drinkers, ...

    How Hopeful Should We Be About Ozempic for Alcohol Use Disorder?

    The media has recently been filled with stories about how diabetes drugs like Ozempic ...

    A Brief History of LSD Treatment for Alcohol Addiction at the VA

    Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits ...

    Given Few Options for Chronic Pain, Prisoners Are Making Safer Moonshine

    Moonshine, hooch, julep, toilet wine, clear—whatever they call it, over the past 30 years ...

    A Clash of Drinking Cultures for US Students in Italy

    One of the first major cultural contrasts I was warned about as an American ...

    The Rise and Fall of Confrontational Alcohol Addiction “Treatment”

    Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called “therapeutic ...

    Cannabis Legalization Linked to Reduced Tobacco, Alcohol Use in Young Adults

    Another federally funded study is suggesting that marijuana legalization may be linked to a ...

    Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month

    It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the ...

    A Prison Breakup Tested My Meth Recovery. Alcohol Helped Me Keep It.

    I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an ...