DOD needs to shore up help for troops with gambling problems, GAO says
More clarity is needed to define who's responsible for certain steps to prevent and treat gambling disorder among troops, government auditors said.
By Karen Jowers
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Is ‘pornified’ culture preventing military efforts to combat sex crimes?
A Coast Guard officer suggests pornography is a pandemic in a recent law journal article.
Op-ed: Why a drug that fueled the Nazi war machine now plagues America
Troops called it “tank chocolate” or “pilot’s salt.”
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
Audit finds some military hospitals issued potentially dangerous amounts of opioids
DoD needs to better monitor its physicians and prescriptions, the Department of Defense Inspector General said.
By Patricia Kime
VA opens gambling addiction treatment center in Vegas
VA has opened its second inpatient gambling addiction treatment center, nearly 50 years after its first.
By Patricia Kime
Combat troops at higher risk for opioid, heroin addiction, study says
The National Bureau of Economic Research has released a study finding that combat exposure increases the risk of opioid, heroin addiction.
By Patricia Kime