Tom Hanks son Chet Hanks is ready to start the New Year fresh. Chet took to Instagram on Thursday night to pen an emotional message reflecting on his impactful year and revealing his positive hopes for 2016.  “This is the first New Years of my life where I actually feel a huge change from the end of one year to the beginning of a new,” he wrote. “But something about 2016 feels significant to me.”

Dr. Patrick Fehling, a psychiatrist from the University of Colorado Hospital Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation was in the 9NEWS studio Saturday morning to discuss when to recognize an addiction when trying to lead a healthier lifestyle. For example, if your resolution is to cut back on drinking, its important to ask the CAGE questions. The CAGE questions are commonly used..

At last, Dean McDermott is showing Tori Spelling that he’s committed to saving their marriage. As new divorce rumors swirl, RadarOnline.com has learned that McDermott is showing he’s in it for the long haul by focusing on his sobriety. And he’s about to celebrate two years of it!

Imagine a new, designer drug came onto the black market, whose side effects included inducing irrational and dangerous behaviour, loss of sensory awareness, bouts of violent activity, vomiting, seizures, hallucinations, sleep deprivation, severe psychosis, long-term mental health problems, organ failure and possible instantaneous death. Horrific, yes? You would assume this narcotic would be graded as a Class A substance and made illegal immediately. Now, call this drug “alcohol”.

It’s a billion-dollar habit that US businesses just can’t kick: addiction. The mathematics are indisputable. In almost any office in America, the chances are good that one or more of your fellow employees, or someone you supervise or hired, has a drug or drinking problem … According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence report “The Dangers of Drugs and Alcohol on the Job,” alcohol and drug use account for a disproportionate number of workplace accidents and deaths, costing industry billions in additional insurance and workers’ compensation charges.

“Every fatal incident of overdose is preventable and unnecessary,” MacIsaac said. “I don’t think one life outweighs the value of another life. They all matter. We really need to put pressure on the system and ensure that this is treated as a health issue.” There are other, bigger-picture problems that need addressing, she said, including building more treatment centres. “We really need more resources invested,” MacIsaac said. “Bottom line, I always say that a dead addict can’t get clean.”

He told MSNBC in November that as the parent of a drug addict, “You gotta be strong, you gotta pray. In my particular case, my daughter’s been drug-free for a long while. And I’m really proud of her. And we stay connected with her.” “It is a huge problem,” he added later about drug addiction. “We need a comprehensive strategy to deal with it. But from a personal level, it’s just– you gotta love your children with your heart and soul, doesn’t matter their age. Addiction is a dangerous thing. It’s scary.

“Without irony, The New York Times has characterized Dr. Volkow as a “general in the drug war.”  But, with results like these, wouldn’t a general be relieved of her command in any other type of war?… In the meantime, perhaps the White House might at least change its website to be a bit more modest, rather than claiming that “Groundbreaking discoveries about the brain have revolutionized our understanding of drug addiction, enabling us to respond effectively to the problem.”

I think it’s ridiculous,” Sawyer said. “Any study will show you that the number of fatalities and tragedies based on alcohol consumption by people in that age group goes up when they’re allowed to drink … In my opinion, if we allow a law like this, we will see increasing instances of fatalities and tragedies.” One state representative who the bill directly applies to is Rep. Rio Tilton, 19, who represents Seabrook and Hampton Falls in District 20. He said he would be hesitant to change drinking laws at all.

But despite the rosy statistics and the prospect for further progress in 2016, the pharmaceuticals industry faces challenges, with increased political focus on drug pricing having punctured both biotech and specialty pharma valuations in recent months. The prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming U.S. president could further undermine confidence in the sector’s 2016 profitability, given her pledge to rein in drug costs.