The medical degree isn't a vaccine against addiction. “If you don’t drink as much as your GP, you don't drink too much,” an old saying goes. When
Which talking therapies work for drug users with alcohol problems? A Cochrane update
Have you ever had an unresolved question and you kept asking again, again and again, until you got the answer? We wanted to find out whether talking
See What Happens: My First Week in the Addiction Research Paradise
Abundance of data, army of eager support staff, in-house statisticians and hi-tech infrastructure – what else could an addiction researcher dream of?
Shooting Overdose video
Do we need another educational video about overdose prevention? No. A simple internet search reveals hundreds of these clips. However, as the saying
76th Annual Conference of College on Problems of Drug Dependence: Decide to be fearless& fabulous
Not one, but two conferences in Puerto Rico made my trip fantastic. As usual, the NIDA International forum happened for the 15th time on the weekend
Dennis McCarty won the 2014 NIDA International Program Award of Excellence
June 14, 2014 ― Professor Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences
AUDGPI 2014: Addiction research at the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Departments of General Practice in Ireland
What is the role of primary care in addiction treatment? How can be addiction treatment better integrated in the general medical settings? These and
Alcohol: poets’ love affair
Spoken word events often take place in bars. Poets who perform at and attend these events are over the legal limit for drinking. But what if an
The truth about drugs found in a cornershop
Our local corner shop sells alcohol. They also sell groceries, such as garlic, which I went to buy last week. I noticed a booklet by the cash register