Alcohol Misuse & Abuse
Blog articles on Sobering Up that address the alcohol misuse and abuse problems facing the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
College Binge Drinking: Is Drastic Alcohol Experimentation Widespread?
Last weekend, fraternity brothers at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville had to rush one of their members to the...
29 Million in U.S. Admit Driving Drunk in 2011
On Monday the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released results from the 2011 National Survey...
Researchers Using Transdermal Testing to Learn More About Drinking Behaviors
In June, researchers from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and Wake Forest University...
Veterans Treatment Courts Get New Advocate
Last week the National Association of Drug Court Professionals announced the addition of former U.S. Marine Officer Kenneth...
Urban Outfitters Stirs the Pot With Pro-Booze T-Shirts for Teens
If you've ever shopped with a teenage girl at the mall—a task often resigned to moms but bless...
Do AA and Treatment Programs Really Fail Young Addicts?
In a recent opinion piece in the Washington Post, “How AA Fails Young Addicts,” Chelsea Carmona, who attended...
Bottle to Throttle: Alcohol Takes Center Stage in New Hollywood Blockbuster
I’m not Up in the Air like George Clooney, I don’t have 10 million frequent flyer miles—or even...
Making a Difference: Small Town Maine Walks to End Domestic Violence
We Walk Like MADD, we Race for a Cure, and we also walk for electronic monitoring. At least that’s...
Cutting Drug Court Budget May Cost Kentucky More in the End
Last week, drug court professionals gathered in Nashville for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals 18th Annual...
The Economics and the Social Impact: Why NADCP is So Important
Today marks the opening of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals 18th Annual Drug Court Training Conference...