When law enforcement investigated the death scene at Prince’s Minnesota residence, they reportedly found the musical superstar with prescription painkillers both on his person and in his home. According to authorities, Prince was found unresponsive by emergency medical responders after someone saw that he had passed out in an elevator at his Paisley Park MN …

A recent study found that there may be a “learning curve†when it comes to the safe use of marijuana. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and was conducted by five researchers who examined data on emergency room visits at a hospital in Aurora, Colorado both before and after marijuana …

As prescription drug abuse and prescription fraud rise to record highs in New Jersey, New York and seemingly everywhere else in the United States, federal officials are proposing that state governments mandate that doctors use a nationwide pill-tracking database before prescribing painkillers. This call to action comes on the heels of a report from the …

Students who apply to college have a difficult enough time as it is without having to worry about whether a past indiscretion, such as an arrest or criminal conviction, will end up coming back to haunt them. However, most colleges currently ask questions about previous disciplinary actions on student applications. In fact, the Common Application, …