Raising Alcohol Taxes Can Curtail Assaults and Suicides / Scientific American

An analysis incorporating results from 112 different studies found that raising the price of alcohol decreases alcohol consumption.

Just Say No to Media Coverage of Drugs / The Outline

Journalists pick and choose who gets to be portrayed as human.

AG Jeff Sessions Turns Back the Clock on Drug Reform / Dallas Observer

While Sessions touched on opioids and their consequences, he focused his speech on the necessity of returning to "war on drugs" policies like the DARE program and harsh sentences for drug offenders subject to federal punishment.

The Enormous Scope of Our National Drinking Problem / Pacific Standard

Nearly three out of 10 Americans have shown evidence of a serious alcohol-related problem at some point in their lives.

Scientists Are Trying to Prove that Addiction is a Genetic Disease - Tonic

"There are the genes that control stress, genes that affect drug metabolism, and genes that affect how readily an addiction forms."

Reduce Your Cancer Risk by Eliminating Alcohol / NY Daily News

In fact, alcohol ranks as one of the leading causes of preventable death.

What Cookies and Meth Have in Common / The New York Times

We created the perfect environment for drug and food addiction.

Drink: Are Alcohol-Free Alternatives Finally Coming of Age? / The Guardian

With more and more of us choosing to drink little or no booze these days, it’s boom time for the alcohol-free market.

Even a Moderate Amount of Drinking Could Cause Brain Decline / Scientific American

Having 8 to 12 drinks per week was linked to hippocampus shrinkage in a study of several hundred Londoners

 

2015 Was the Worst Year for Drug Overdose Deaths in US History. Then 2016 Came Along. / Vox

In 2016, more Americans died of drug overdoses than ever died of HIV/AIDS, guns, or cars in a single year.