A major new meta-analysis has confirmed what science has been building toward for years: drinking alcohol raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, and that risk rises in a clear, measurable pattern as consumption increases. The study was published in the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research. It was led by researchers at the Canadian...
New research shows that herbal cigarettes health risks may run even higher than those of conventional tobacco. The findings directly challenge one of the most persistent myths in the wellness and smoking-cessation space. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) published a study in the Journal...
For years, researchers and regulators paid little attention to vaping cooling agents. Nicotine dominated the debate: how addictive, how fast-acting, how dangerous over time. But a quieter body of evidence has been growing in scientific journals, and it points to the flavouring compounds that give e-cigarettes that smooth, icy sensation. Scientists now want to know...
Suppressed US Research Warns Even One Drink a Day Carries Measurable Harm An independent journal has published a federally commissioned study on alcohol drinking risks in the United States. The Trump Administration had set it aside when drawing up the country’s latest dietary guidelines earlier this year. Researchers released the full findings on 9 June....
Summer adventures bring unforgettable memories, but a groundbreaking Canadian study reveals a chilling reality about water safety. Researchers found that alcohol drastically cuts the chances of a young person being rescued during a drowning incident. These findings highlight the critical need for proactive drowning prevention, especially during social gatherings near lakes, rivers, and oceans. When...
A New York Times podcast on the global drug crisis raises urgent concerns, but leaves the most important questions unasked. There is something almost cinematic about the way The New York Times framed its recent investigation into the synthetic drugs crisis. A mysterious death in a Chicago jail. A criminal investigator who says “keister” instead...
As Vietnam launches its toughest anti-drug campaign yet, it is choosing its model. And it isn’t the one its neighbour just abandoned. Through June, Vietnam ran its 2026 Anti-Drug Action Month under a blunt national theme: a shared determination to build a drug-free commune. Provincial police forces launched simultaneous high-intensity operations to suppress drug crime...
A new study from Woodlands Grove Recovery Campus found alcohol-related deaths among adults 65+ are disproportionately concentrated across Western and Mountain West metros highlighting what clinicians say is an often-overlooked addiction and mental health issue among older Americans. The study analyzes CDC WONDER alcohol-induced mortality data and U.S. Census population estimates from 2020–2024 to identify: Where are Americans...
Four men who flooded Bradford’s streets with more than £9 million worth of cocaine have been ordered to repay as little as £1 under proceeds of crime legislation. The ruling came at Bradford Crown Court on Friday, closing the financial chapter of one of Yorkshire’s most audacious cocaine smuggling cases in recent memory. Sanchez Heffernan,...
Narcotics Anonymous has no lobbying arm. Alcoholics Anonymous receives no government funding. Neither organisation employs publicists or advertising campaigns. Yet both have become recurring targets in media coverage that portrays 12-step addiction treatment as the primary obstacle to progress in addressing the addiction crisis. That framing has a significant problem. Simply put, the data does...