Drug abuse may not be an epidemic, but it is a major public health problem. The impact on American society is staggering. Each year, drug abuse kills 14,000 Americans and costs taxpayers nearly $70 billion in unnecessary health care costs, extra law enforcement, auto accidents, crime and lost productivity. Illicit drug abuse hurts families, businesses, […] Read more

The impact of drug abuse on American society is staggering. As a major health problem and near epidemic, it kills 14,000 people a year and costs taxpayers nearly $70 billion. Rising health care costs, fatal accidents, high crime, law enforcement funding, and lost productivity are directly affected. Drug abuse damages families, neighborhoods, and businesses. It […] Read more

As a parent, you want to so everything you can to keep your kids from experimenting with drugs like pot. It would be a whole lot easier if they came with instructions. But they don’t. We can help. Play with them. Read to them. Sing with them. Teach them a joke. Laugh. Listen. Talk. Be […] Read more

You want to do all you can to keep your kids away from drugs or even experiment with them. It can be challenging, especially since kids don’t come with instructions. There are things you can do to decrease the risk to your children. Read, sing, and play with them. Laugh together and listen. Stay involved […] Read more

Marijuana, the most popular drug of the 60s, is up to 20 times more powerful today than it was in the days of “flower power.” “Pot” was once thought to be a drug with few negative effects. Now there is concrete evidence that marijuana is harmful; it interferes with learning, and it impairs the healthy […] Read more

Marijuana, the most popular drug of the 60s, is up to 20 times more powerful today than it was in the days of “flower power.” “Pot” was once thought to be a drug with few negative effects. Now there is concrete evidence that marijuana is harmful; it interferes with learning, and it impairs the healthy […] Read more

As an emergency room surgeon, I’ve seen things most people never will. In order to do my job, I need to harden myself. My heart breaks when I see another family torn apart because of a drunk driver. If you could witness what I have, you would never drink again […] Read more

James Joyce once said that he wanted to create a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day disappeared, it could be reconstructed entirely from his book Ulysses. He succeeded. The spirit of James Joyce is evident everywhere in bustling, booming modern Dublin, from the bronze statue of him leaning casually on […] Read more

James Joyce once said that he wanted to create a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day disappeared, it could be reconstructed entirely from his book Ulysses. He succeeded. The spirit of James Joyce is evident everywhere in bustling, booming modern Dublin, from the bronze statue of him leaning casually on […] Read more