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Moderate drinking may alter brain, study says
June 6, 2017
DRINKING in moderation can help our health, some research has showed. Many doctors recommend a glass of wine or beer a night as part of diet plans such as the Mediterranean…
Kratom with a side of cheesesteak: A sub shop’s vending machine draws customers desperate to kick opioids
June 1, 2017
BESIDES the psychoactive properties of eggplant parm and mid-century nostalgia, there isn’t much about East Coast Super Subs that you would describe as medicinal.
It’s a Wednesday during the late afternoon lull and Keith McNesby, who…
Everyone agrees ‘driving while high’ is bad. But what does that even mean?
May 31, 2017
WHILE several states have legalized using marijuana, nobody is in favor of driving under its influence. But as states crack down on high driving, they’re struggling to figure out what counts as driving high, and how they can reliably test for…
Study reveals high environmental cost of tobacco
May 31, 2017
SMOKING kills 7 million people a year, and it scars the planet through deforestation, pollution and littering.
Details of the environmental cost of tobacco are revealed in a <a href="http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/environmental-impact-overview/en/"...
Tiger Woods and America’s drugged-driving problem
May 30, 2017
SHORTLY after being arrested for driving under the influence near his home in Florida Monday, golf legend Tiger Woods issued a statement saying the incident was the result of “an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications”—not…
Suicide risk for adolescents who drink and use drugs
May 30, 2017
ADOLESCENTS admitted to hospital as an emergency for drug, alcohol, or violence-related injury have a similar risk of suicide over the next ten years to an adolescent admitted for self-harming, a study published in The Lancet on…
Minnesota opioid deaths rise despite attention, intervention
May 28, 2017
DEATHS from opioid overdoses increased again in Minnesota last year, despite heightened law enforcement and a massive decline in doctors prescribing opioid painkillers.
A Star Tribune analysis of state death certificate data found 402 opioid-related deaths in 2016,…
Vermont governor vetoes marijuana legalization
May 24, 2017
VERMONT Gov. Phil Scott (R) has vetoed legislation that would have legalized marijuana for recreational use, delivering a blow to legalization backers who hoped Vermont would be the next domino to fall.
Scott told reporters during a press…