Category: Articles by David Sack

In February of this year, the Georgia Department of Labor started encouraging businesses to report job applicants with “dirty” urine.

Drug use is common among teenagers. By late adolescence, a recent study published in theArchives of General Psychiatry showed that as

Many claims about pot’s beneficial effects just don’t hold up.  Read Dr. Sack’s editorial in the LA Times, Is Medical Marijuana

In November Medscape published an article, “Postelection Blues: Passing Reacting or Mental Health Threat?” in which I commented: “I think

Dr. Sack’s article about nicotine addiction and ways to quit smoking is featured on ExpertBeacon.com. The article discusses that an addiction

Call it human nature. When something goes wrong, we look for someone to blame. When a child gets in trouble,

Last month, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) set forth a working definition of recovery. After consulting

In this piece on the New York Times Opinion Pages, Dr. Sack writes Addiction has three main characteristics that cause

Dr. Sacks article titled, Protecting Home Turf in the Fight Against Processed Food, is currently being featured in the Healthy

In 2011 a group of physicians descended on Capitol Hill to ask congress to help them fight prescription drug abuse.