The National Institutes of Health will award $3 million in grants to up to six recipients for research into medications that can be used to treat marijuana-related disorders.

Some Ohio lawmakers believe they have the ultimate resolution to the battle between the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation and the state: eliminate the foundation and give its money to a state agency.

Drunken bravado has biological roots, according to a brain-scan study that finds that alcohol inhibits the ability to feel fear.

The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest urged several Miller Brewing Co., Foster's, and Diageo to stop allowing logos for their beers to be used on tee shirts sold at Forever 21, a retailer popular with teenage girls.

A new study shows that therapists can effectively use virtual-reality (VR) technology to stimulate alcohol craving in order to train patients in coping and resistance skills.

Gamers playing the new "Grand Theft Auto IV" have the option of switching to drunk-driving mode, a gimmick condemned by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

A Michigan man temporarily lost custody of his son after mistakenly buying the 7-year-old an alcoholic Mike's Hard Lemonade at a Detroit Tigers game last month.

Doctors can double the likelihood of patients quitting smoking by briefly discussing their tobacco use and encouraging them to quit, according to British researchers.

The Alabama Senate voted 28-3 in favor of a measure that would ban smoking in most indoor public places.