Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Ulrike Heberlein at the University of California at San Francisco, US, and Henrike Scholz from the University of W

The federal government reports Monday the number of people treated for alcohol or drug addiction has dropped for the first time in six years.

The drop seems to have occured because of a significant decline in admissions for alcohol abuse; the bad news, however, is this period also witnessed an increase in admissions for methamphetamine use

A new study reveals the Asian vine kudzu could help alcoholics cut back on the amount of drinks they need to consume to feel "drunk."

The study, conducted at the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in Boston, is published in this month's edition of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research