Boston University

Drugs

Daniel Alford

Medicine

New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse

February 10, 2016

One common campus crime that’s not in the report is larceny, usually the theft of unattended items like phones and backpacks, according to the BUPD. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Public Safety

Better Reporting Means More Alcohol Violations

November 30, 2015

Smoking marijuana after school

Health & Medicine

Despite Looser Marijuana Laws, No Spike in Teen Use

October 28, 2015

Voices & Opinion

POV: US Drug Companies Failing to Offer Affordable Drugs

October 26, 2015

Safdie Brothers

Things-to-do

Safdie Brothers Screen Latest Film Tonight at Brattle Theatre

September 23, 2015

Smoking marijuana

Science & Technology

Evolving Attitudes, and Science, about Marijuana

July 29, 2015

Fertility

In the City

POV: It’s Time to Regulate the Fertility Industry

July 16, 2015

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Alcohol

Domestic, Dating Violence, Stalking New to Annual Security Report

November 5, 2014

Boston University BU, alcohol transport anatomy, what happens alcohol poisoning, college drinking dangers

Public Safety

Anatomy of an Alcohol Transport

October 10, 2014

Boston University Police Department, BUPD, naloxone, narcan, opiate overdose antidote drug, heroin overdose antidote drug

Drugs

BU Police Will Carry Antidote for Heroin Overdose

September 24, 2014

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

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Drugs

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

Research

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

November 19, 2013

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Drugs

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

Students

The Trouble with Molly

September 11, 2013

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

Drugs

YouSpeak: Does Taking Adderall Give Students an Unfair Advantage?

April 29, 2013

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

Drugs

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

Drugs

Students Cited in Vermont for Alcohol, Drug Possession

February 23, 2012

Students Cited in Vermont for Alcohol, Drug Possession