Drug Abuse

Energy Drinks Tied to Drug and Alcohol Use in Teens
They emphasized that their study provided no cause-and-effect data showing that energy drinks led to substance abuse in teens. The data in the study also showed a higher rate of cigarette and amphetamine use among energy drink users. The researchers …
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Addiction, Poverty and the Myth of Willpower
But, again according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the very definition of addiction is about disease. "Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful …
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