Boston University

Drugs

pregnancy, opioid use, birth defects, Martha Werler, professor of epidemiology, chair of epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH

Drugs

SPH Study: Increased Risk of Birth Defects from Opioid Use

July 15, 2014

op-ed, opinion editorial column, point of view POV, Philip Seymour Hoffman, heroin overdose, public health, drugs, addition treatment

Health & Medicine

POV: Let’s Get Serious about Treating Addiction

March 21, 2014

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Faculty

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Boston University BU, drug use safety, molly extasy MDMA risks, expert David Farb School of Medicine professor and chair of the pharmacology and experimental therapeutics department

Drugs

The Trouble with Molly

September 11, 2013

Adderall, college students, study drug, Adderall on college campus

Health & Medicine

YouSpeak: Does Taking Adderall Give Students an Unfair Advantage?

April 29, 2013

Boston University Campus Alcohol Enforcement and Prevention, drinking alcohol use on campus

BUPD

Alcohol Violations, Hospital Runs Plummet

December 4, 2012

Legalize Medical Marijuana Massachusetts state ballot initiative 2012, should medical marijuana be legal, legalize decriminalize marijuana

Medicine

YouSpeak: Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized?

September 17, 2012

US Canada Border, Derby Line, Vermont

University News

Students Cited in Vermont for Alcohol, Drug Possession

February 23, 2012

Medicinal marijuana, medical marijuana law, Kabrina Chang, Boston University School of Management

Business

Reefer Madness

February 8, 2012

contaminated water, tetrachloroethylene, perchlorethylene, PCE, Boston University School of Public Health

Public Health

Link Found Between Contaminated Water, Risky Behavior

December 20, 2011

Lisa Messersmith, Vietnam AIDS law

Global

Ho Chi Minh Gets with the Program

November 22, 2011

BUPD Crime Report 2011

Safety

BUPD Annual Security Report: Alcohol, Drug Violations Up Last Year

October 13, 2011

Science & Technology

Medication Use by Pregnant Women Climbs

June 15, 2011

Research

Think Twice Before Taking Hair Replacement Drugs

April 4, 2011

Faculty

The Perils of Adderall

December 9, 2010

Health & Medicine

Early Clues to Heart Disease Risk

October 5, 2010

Things-to-do

Sex, Drugs, and How to Talk about Them

August 23, 2010

In the City

Why We Should Take the Factory Out of Farming

July 14, 2010

Why We Should Take the Factory Out of Farming