The National Institute of Health (NIH) conducted a study of almost 10,000 adolescents to compare the brain structure between those who did and didn’t use substances before the age of 15. It appears that there were structural brain differences before any substances were used, reports show. Experts speculate that maybe structural differences...

According to a recent report, hundreds of pet cats and dogs in the US and Canada are unintentionally poisoned each year. Is this from prescription medication that was accidentally left out? Unfortunately, that’s not the case. According to data from the U.S. Pet Poison Control Helpline, the majority of accidental drug...

The opioid epidemic in the US has taken center stage in the news in recent years. But a recent report suggests an alarming surge in deaths linked to alcohol in the last two decades. The report studied US government data collected between 1999 to 2020. The data show that death rates related...

A new Canadian study links the use of hallucinogenic drugs to an increased risk of schizophrenia. People who ended up in the ER after using hallucinogens were found to be 21 times more likely than the general population to develop schizophrenia. Even after controlling for preexisting mental disorders and substance use, the...