Should We Dump the DSM?
Gary Greenberg's new book skewers the inner workings of the DSM just three weeks before the latest version is scheduled to be released.
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Psychiatry’s Contested Bible: How the New DSM Treats Addiction
The 1,000-page psychiatrists' Big Book will redefine addiction. Critics are already demanding a boycott.
Weed Makes Kids Better Drivers, According to Kids
One-third of surveyed teenagers said smoking marijuana made them a better driver, while 41 percent said it had no effect.
750,000 Arrested for Marijuana – Though Most Americans Want It Legalized
Here are a few numbers that don’t add up. Just-released stats from the FBI show that about three-quarters…
Junkies Get a Break in France
Life may soon get a little easier for French intravenous drug users, AFP reports: France’s Socialist government plans…
The Bitterest Pill: Maybe China Isn’t Counterfeiting Drugs
After a May report finding a third of the malaria pills inspected in Asia and Africa were counterfeit, observers piled on pharmaceutical companies in India and China as likely bad guys. But the truth is a little harder to swallow.
New Statin Warnings Include Brain-Related Effects
The cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins are popular, but the FDA wants Americans to know there are some side effects.
Do You Know Where Your Medicine Came From?
Here's look at where the stuff in your medicine cabinet was manufactured. Just don’t ask if these foreign-made drugs are safe, because in many cases, it’s impossible to say.
California’s Medical Marijuana Morass
In Northern California, where the drug laws can change with the mile markers, a supplier of medical marijuana risks going one toke over the (county) line.
Feds Poke Hole in Needle Exchange Funding
Despite evidence that needle exchange programs for drug users slow the spread of AIDS, the new U.S. government spending bill once again defunds such programs.