When I was in high school, my parents laid down a few ground rules about exactly how “liberating” my teenage emancipation was going to be. No driving without an adult in the car past dark, no staying ...

“Drink responsibly” is essentially a harm minimization slogan; it just isn’t specific about how to avoid alcohol-related problems. Since “Use [substance] responsibly” has more room to consider ...

Peter Hendricks, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, and Kevin Madden, doctoral candidate in the UAB Medical/Clinical ...

Studies show the conventional wisdom around teaching kids how to drink responsibly is wrong—and that delaying drinking is best for their brain development. Some parents may allow their underage ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ)-- With the rise of celebrations on St. Patrick’s Day, also comes a very sobering statistic: between 2018 and 2022, 290 people were killed in alcohol impaired crashes during ...

The soda controversy continues to bubble up, with the American Beverage Association legally contesting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on sales of super-sized high-sugar drinks. Meanwhile, ...

I teach a course called "Chemical Dependency Issues," and I am always surprised by how little my students have been taught about the effects of alcohol. They have been told to “drink responsibly” ...