A new study on behalf of the British Association for Pharmacology suggests that lysergic acid diethylamide--otherwise known as LSD, acid, L, blotter, cid, boomer, et al--is effective in the treatment of alcohol abuse.
LSD may be effective at treating alcoholism, according to a new study.
LSD helps treat alcoholism, according to two Norwegian researchers, who said they were surprised that the mind-altering drug hasn't been taken seriously to combat the disease.
Alcoholics may now be able to take a pill to help them quit. Nalmefene, a new drug showcased at the European Psychiatric Association conference, may curb an addict's desire to drink by inhibiting pleasure receptors in the brain.
Actress Sean Young was placed under citizen's arrest after a fight broke out at the Governor's Ball late Sunday following the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The post Oscars 2012 fight allegedly began when Young would not leave the Ball after a security guard asked her to. Shame on you, she said of the Academy's decision to place her under citizen's arrest.
About 15 percent of surgeons have alcohol abuse or dependency problems, a rate that is somewhat higher than the rest of the population, according to a new survey.
On Monday, while the rest of the world celebrated their day off for Presidents Day, MTV Jersey Shore's JWoww, real name Jenni Farley, unveiled a list of U.S. presidents she would like to have sex with in honor of the federal holiday with her blog, P.I.L.F.S: Presidents I'd Like to F--k.
Learn how Degrassi actor Neil Hope died in 2007 and why his death was kept quiet by reading this article.
Degrassi actor Neil Hope, aka Wheels, died in 2007, but news of his death was not not widely known until Thursday, because it had not previously been announced publicly.
More than one in 10 U.S. children live with an alcoholic parent and are at increased risk of developing a host of health problems of their own, according to a new government study released on Thursday.
University of Oxford professor Devi Sridhar, a lecturer in global health politics, is calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to begin regulating alcohol use worldwide. About 2.5 million deaths a year, almost 4 percent of all deaths worldwide, are attributed to alcohol - more than the number of deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, Sridhar wrote in Nature, the science journal.
On this year’s sweetheart’s holiday, America is expected to spend $700 million on chocolate. But did you know that the chocolate industry’s days may be numbered, or that most of the world's chocolate only comes from one place?
According the Indian Health Services, the rate of alcoholism among Native Americans is six times the U.S. average.
Warsaw has thousands of homeless, many of whom live and sleep in underground heating ducts
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, who has openly talked about his past struggles with drugs and alcohol, suffered a relapse with alcohol, according to a report.
Internet addiction may cause chemical changes in the brain, much like the way addiction to alcohol or gambling does, a new study out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found.
Joe Bodolai -- who wrote for Saturday Night Live for the 1981-1982 season and co-wrote the first draft of the Wayne's World movie with Mike Myers -- has died in an apparent suicide, according to various reports. He was 63.
More Americans are ending up never getting married -- in 2010, 72 percent of U.S. adults had been wed at least once, down from 85 percent in 1960.
Spending cuts proposed by a cash-strapped coalition government in London will likely also exacerbate the problem.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards entered rehab today, according to ETOnline.com. The report, however, didn't specifically say what she is seeking treatment for and where she is seeking it. However, signs from the show's history point to alcoholism.
Natalie Wood, James Dean and Sal Mineo Jr. all died of mysterious or tragic circumstances after starring in the seminal 1950s film Rebel Without a Cause.
Coroner Suzanne Greenaway's report shows Winehouse consumed five times the legal drink-drive limit of alcohol before she died. Winehouse's death at 27 puts her in the company of more than 30 musicians to die by drug overdose of acute alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Look back with us at ten of the most famous members of the infamous 27 Club, and some of their most iconic performances.
