VA Funds Ivy League Research into MDMA as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress, Alcohol Abuse The research, some of it already underway, is the first of its kind at the VA in more than 50 years.
Navy Shutters Premier East Coast Substance Abuse Program Amid Staffing Shortages The program, in an aging building at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia, has struggled to retain employees.
VA Crisis Line's Switch to 988, Press 1, a Success, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs, along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, adopted 988 as...
No More Late Night Alcohol Sales: Army and Air Force Exchange Stores to Ban the Practice Next Month The change on Army and Air Force bases is meant to support the Pentagon's suicide prevention initiative, which said that...
Marijuana Dependence Is Increasing Among VA Patients, Particularly Those with Psychiatric Conditions The research found that those with more severe psychiatric diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, are most at...
Air Force's Marijuana Waiver Program Proves More Popular Among Applicants Than Expected The Air Force anticipated only 50 cases annually when it announced a new pilot program last year that would allow some...
Ramstein Squadron Whacked for 'Irresponsible Alcohol Consumption,' Banned from Drinking Outside Barracks Strict alcohol bans are rare but not unheard-of in the Air Force, and they're notably only used for extreme measures.
Service Members Not Getting Adequate Help for Alcohol Abuse, Watchdog Finds The findings come as the military tries to grapple with alcohol and substance abuse as it puts service members at a higher...
Alaska Bases Limit Alcohol Sale Hours to Curb Drinking-Related Suicides U.S. military commanders in Alaska have ordered alcohol sales to cease after 10 p.m. on two bases .
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
