Annual editions: Drugs, society, and behavior

Unit 1. Living with Drugs. History of Alcohol and Drinking around the World / David J. Hanson New Abuse-Deterrent Painkiller Approved / Stephanie Smith Heroin Epidemic Increasingly Seeps Into Public View / Katharine Q. Seelye Prescription Drug Abuse / Nora D. Volkow A Glut of Antidepressants / Roni Caryn Rabin Addicted to Pain Killers, Unready for Help / Paul Christopher Unit 2. Understanding How Drugs Work - Use, Dependency, and Addiction. Drugs, Brains, and Behavior : The Science of Addiction / Nora D. Volkow Case Report : The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity / Jose Orsini, ... [et al.] Understanding Drug Use and Addiction / Nat'l Institute on Drug Abuse Research What's the Buzz? Treating Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth / Shelley Steenrod Drug Addiction May Be Hereditary, Study Suggests / Steve Connor The Real Limitless Drug Isn't Just for Lifehackers Anymore : Modafinil's Moment / Robert Kolker Unit 3. The Major Drugs of Use and Abuse. 'Bath Salt' Poisonings Rise as Legislative Ban Tied Up / Donna Leinwand Leger Inhalant Abuse / National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse The Science of Doping / Christie Aschwanden Monitoring the Future : National Results on Adolescent Drug Use, Overview of Key Findings 2011 / Lloyd D. Johnston, ... [et al.] Krokodil : A Monstrous Drug with Deadly Consequences / Danielle M. Matiuk Unit 4. Other Trends in Drug Use. Tweaking and Tweeting: Exploring Twitter for Non-Medical Use of a Psycostimulant Drug Among College Students / Carl L. Hanson, ... [et al.] Rock Bottom : Police Battle New Illicit Drug Dubbed 'Gravel' / Rain Smith Alcoholism Isn't What It Used to Be / NIAAA Staff Diagnosis : Human / Ted Gup Why I Changed My Mind on Weed / Sanjay Gupta Fentanyl : The Powerful Opioid that Killed Prince / Sara Sidner Rash of Hospitalizations in New York State Linked to Synthetic Marijuana / Lorenzo Ferrigno

Unit 5. Measuring the Social Costs of Drugs. Severe Illness Associated with Reported Use of Synthetic Marijuana (Colorado) / Trish Ghosh, ... [et al.]

Cannabis : Colorado's Budding Industry / Jenny Kleeman

When Booze Comes Off the Battlefield / Steve Griffin

Did Cocaine Use by Bankers Cause the Global Financial Crisis? / Geraint Anderson

Secret U.S. Drug Agency Unit Passing Surveillance Information to Authorities / Unknown

Dealing with Opioid Abuse Would Pay for Itself / Austin Frakt

Unit 6. Creating and Sustaining Effective Drug Control Policy. Hawaii's Radical Drug Use Experiment / Kevin Sabet

Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Drug Abuse in Our Communities / R. Gil Kerlikowske

Company Denies Drug to Dying Child / Elizabeth Cohen

Do the United States and Mexico Really Want the Drug War To Succeed? / robert Joe Stout

Turning the Tide on Drug Reform / Kristen Gwynne

Legalize Drugs - All of Them! / Vanessa Baird

Drug-Free Zone Laws : An Overview of State Policies / Nicole D. Porter, Tyler Clemons

Unit 7. Prevention, Treatment, and Education. Life Skills Training Shields Teens from Prescription Opioid Misuse / Eric Sarlin

FedEx Indicted on New Criminal Charges in Online Pharmacy Case / Dan Levine

Research Update on Family Drug Courts / Douglas B. Marlowe, Shannon M. Carey

Beating Heroin is More than 12 Steps : It's 18 Years and Going / Tracey Helton Mitchell

What it's Like to be on Vivitrol, the Drug that Prevents Heroin Addicts from Getting High / Genevieve Smith

Obama Announces New Moves to Fight Opioid and Heroin Abuse Epidemic / Nadia Kounang

The Truce on Drugs : What Happens Now That the War Has Failed? / Benjamin Wallace-Wells.