'Good drinking friend' killed during drunken rage
He said Carleton's time in prison for the first few weeks after his arrest had been a living hell as he suffered from terrible withdrawal symptoms. A now sober Carleton, who has cirrhosis of the liver and pancreatitis, was filled with remorse, shame … Read more on The Age

The PTSD crisis that's being ignored: Americans attacked in their own …
Chicago's Cook County Hospital has one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation, treating about 2,000 patients a year for gunshots, stabbings and other violent injuries. So when researchers started screening patients there for post-traumatic stress … Read more on Raw Story

Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die
Opiate drugs like heroin are highly addictive, but abuse of alcohol and tobacco causes more serious damage to the body. Heroin does not ravage the liver and does not cause lung cancer. While heroin addiction does have some negative … The addict also … Read more on Truth-Out

Pot is not 'more dangerous than alcohol'? Science lacking on Obama's claim
“Their offspring were more likely to seek out heroin that was offered to them and to exhibit withdrawal symptoms when not given the drug compared to those born to rats given a placebo.” All of the baby rats were raised by non-biological parents not … Read more on Boston.com (blog)