The study, published online in the American Journal of Public Health, found that a 10 percent increase in cigarette pricing resulted in an 18.2 percent decline in smoking among people in these groups.

According to Joldersma, the punishment for producing hard and soft drugs should be the same and there are also plans to introduce legislation which will ban the growing of marijuana.

The South Australian government plans to introduce drug and alcohol testing for 4 300 police officers. Legislation is expected to be introduced into parliament by June.

There have been 23-percent fewer alcohol-related truck crashes per mile in the U.S. since commercial truck drivers were required to submit to alcohol testing beginning in 1995, Reuters reported Oct. 1.

The store name is a blend of the words “garage” and “garbage” – a funky reflection of what Gabarage does. Under Gottwald-Nathaniel’s direction, the staff takes left-over or used materials and in its garage-like workshop on in the Viennese Sixth district, transforms them into imaginative new designs.

The nation’s drug czar, who viewed a foothill marijuana farm on U.S. Forest Service land with state and local officials earlier Wednesday, said the federal government will not support legalizing marijuana.

Last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reignited a heated debate when he called for a civilized discussion on the merits of marijuana legalization. Indeed, the governor was responding to [...]

Adolescents and young adults who are heavy users of marijuana are more likely than non-users to have disrupted brain development [...]

Thrill-seeking young men are more likely to drive under the influence of cannabis and engage in reckless driving, according to a new study. Men who are sensation-seekers, an average age of 27 and impulsive will consider taking the wheel after consuming cannabis more often than older peers [...]

More than 20 percent of sexual assaults in a sample of 882 victims were drug-facilitated sexual assaults, according to a new study. Victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault were more likely than others to present to a large urban center, to be employed and to have consumed over-the-counter medications, street drugs and alcohol before the assault [...]