Do You Think a Loved One Might be Addicted? Follow the Money to Find Out The year 2020 had the dubious distinction of having the highest number of fatal...
In the years between the late teens and the early twenties, young people are known for experimenting with alcohol use. As they move into their mid-twenties and beyond, the...
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that the recurring cycle that occurs in yo-yo dieting (a pattern where a person overeats followed by a time where...
We like to think that people who work in these types of helping professions are somehow immune from substance abuse, when they may be more at risk than the...
A new study, recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, has found that the vast majority of adult patients who were prescribed opioids used them for medicinal...
New Jersey’s Health Commissioner has recently authorized paramedics to administer buprenorphine to patients shortly after reviving them from an opioid overdose while out on calls. The paramedics would offer...
With so much attention being given to the current opioid crisis, it has been easy to forget that alcohol is still responsible for many deaths. In fact, it kills...
The main goal for child protective services nationwide is to keep families intact when possible. For residents of Goodhue County, and in the rest of Minnesota, the trend is...
The number of child protection reports is on the rise in Minnesota, and parents’ substance abuse is the primary reason most children end up placed in the foster care...
Oftentimes it requires studies to verify the seemingly obvious. For instance, there was a recent study that concluded that substance use affected memory and attention. However, while it may...