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Why Has Crime Declined in the U.S.? Cont'd
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U. S. Customs and Border Protection / AP The Heroin Statistics That Spooked the White House
The Obama administration announced a new program Monday to combat an increase in the use and trafficking of the drug.
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David W Cerny / Reuters The Mean Drunk
When people act differently under the influence, it could be a sign of an alcohol problem.
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Why More Women Are Turning to Heroin
As opiate abuse swells in the United States, women are particularly at risk.
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Bor Slana / Reuters 'Any Addict Who Asks for Help Will NOT Be Charged'
The police chief from Gloucester, Massachusetts, explains how his department is going beyond arrests to fight drug addiction.
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters Can You Quit Smoking Through Hypnosis?
Researchers can't agree on whether hypnotherapy actually works. I tried it when I wanted to leave cigarettes behind, but I'm still not sure, either.
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Petros Giannakouris / AP When an HIV Crisis Trumps Ideology on Drug Policy
The outbreak of cases in rural Indiana has forced a skeptical Governor Mike Pence to authorize—and extend—a needle-exchange program.
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Pichi Chuang / Reuters The Sugar-Addiction Taboo
When can you call a food addictive?
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This Film Is Rated 'R' For Smoking
If smoking in a movie meant an R rating, it could reduce adolescent tobacco use by almost twenty percent.
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Buzzed: What It Means When Drinking Hand Sanitizer Goes Viral
Social media has made crazy teen behaviors more visible to adults outside the schoolyard.
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The Fun of Being Drunk Is All in Your Head, Not the Bottle
Psychologist and addiction expert offers a much-needed reality check about the benefits of drinking as well as its much more tangible costs.
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The War on Drugs: The Parent Movement and Zero Tolerance
The Movement faulted pop culture for luring innocent kids into drug abuse and promoted the idea that all users were without any ambition.
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The War on Drugs: Should It Be Your Right to Use Narcotics?
If we as a society are allowed to do a variety of dangerous things (bungee jumping, skydiving, drinking), why does drug use cross the line?
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The War on Drugs: What's God Got to Do With Fighting Addiction?
Reverend Wilkerson's Teen Challenge quickly expanded to 1,000 centers after it was founded in 1958, but it still had an outsize impact.
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The War on Drugs: How President Nixon Tied Addiction to Crime
By shifting public perception, and making us believe that drug users were dangerous and a threat to America, Nixon justified his actions.
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Drugs in Africa: A History of Pharmaceuticals in Senegal
The professionalization of pharmacy in Senegal dates to the 1920s and, until independence, it was almost entirely dominated by whites.
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How Britain Shunned the Pub and Became a Nation of Wine Drinkers
Legislation since the 19th century has worked to promote continental (that is, French) styles of drinking and "civilize" British alcohol habits.
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Semantics, Addiction, and Rubbies: The Historical Language of Habit
By the 1930s, the language of addiction was applied to drinkers only when they were using something unusual, something dangerous.
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Why Activists Are in an Uproar Over the 'Addiction Vaccine'
A recent Times article about a vaccine that may help curb addiction provoked a rabid response among many recovering readers. Why?
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Literature's Best and Booziest: 15 Authors Who Were Also Addicts
From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Charles Bukowski, many of our most accomplished and celebrated authors have also struggled with addiction
