Jane Velez-Mitchell, over at CNN, shares the following opinion about the new face of addiction in America, due to the rapid growth of prescription drug addiction:
America, we need to wake up! A prescription written on a pad by a doctor does not equal safe. When prescribed responsibly, taken as directed and kept out of reach [...]

From CNN.com…

Mahmoud ElSohly says marijuana’s potency will continue to rise before tailing off in the next five years.

The average potency of marijuana, which has risen steadily for three decades, has exceeded 10 percent for the first time, the U.S. government will report on Thursday.

Scientists working for the government predict that potency, as measured by the [...]

Despite the commonly held belief that regular marijuana use is the norm at Wesleyan, especially on a day like 4/20, usage levels are significantly lower than perceived.  
If you do use and are wondering how your use stacks up, take the online marijuana assessment to get personalized feedback and advice on how to reduce or [...]

As posted on Wesleying…
Do-it-all Beta lecture series chair Tim Devane ‘09 writes:
Tomorrow night at 8 pm we are hosting Charles Barber as a speaker. Mr. Barber is formerly a visiting writing professor at Wes as well as an author and lecturer on psychiatry at Yale.
He is also the author of Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, [...]

WesWELL and Health Services are now offering an online marijuana assessment for the Wesleyan community. 
If you are interested in learning more about how marijuana use may impact your health, how your use compares with other college students, and more, check it out. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete and gives personalized feedback based [...]

From the New York Times…
A new study finds that the use of water pipes may be on the rise among college students. Some believe that smoking tobacco this way is less dangerous than smoking cigarettes —which is not the case, the researchers say.
The study, which appears in the May issue of The Journal of Adolescent [...]

If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching the podcasts for the Midwest Teen Sex Show, now’s your chance. Their latest installment is on Sex, Drugs & Alcohol.

or view it here.

Worried that antibiotic resistance will make you vulnerable to all sorts of infections? It’s important to understand how drug resistance occurs before you start worrying your pretty little head about it. Read this from the New York Times…
 People can be forgiven for wondering what difference it makes how we kill microorganisms. After all, soap or [...]

From CNN…
Teenagers who use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for serious mental health problems, including worsening depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide, according to a new White House report.
 

 
The report said more teens use marijuana than all other illegal drugs combined.
The goal is to “correct the blind spot we’ve had in our society that’s caused [...]

From WebMD…
One in four Americans shares prescription drugs with others — and opens a Pandora’s box of risk.
This suggestion of widespread drug sharing comes from a pilot study in which researchers interviewed 700 people in 10 U.S. cities. It’s the first study to take a broad look at what people say about “loaning” and “borrowing” [...]