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Rehab Offers the Most Comprehensive – and Personalized – Addiction Therapy Available
December 5, 2018 1:32 pm - Drug Rehab - Leave your thoughts
_| Like millions of people around the nation today, you feel trapped by addiction. Every day, you stare at your bottle of alcohol, your syringe of heroin, or even your prescription Xanax and say “Today is the last day I ever use.” And although part of you means it and […]
Gift Giving, Depression, and Anxiety: Why Drug Use is Becoming a Holiday Tradition
November 28, 2018 11:45 am - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
_ Every year, around September and early October, you start really getting excited about the upcoming holiday season. Your memories of past celebrations as a child always remind you of the joy and mystery you experienced every year waiting for Santa to drop off presents. However, that anticipation starts turning […]
How Parental Addiction and Its Effects on Children Has Changed Over the Generations
November 19, 2018 5:49 pm - Drug Addiction - Leave your thoughts
_ All children need parents who are healthy, loving, and able to help them grow into healthy and capable adults. Unfortunately, addiction to various substances has become a bigger problem over the last few generations and has impacted how well children can receive this care. Dependency on drugs like methamphetamine, […]
Are Methadone Clinics Helping (or Hindering) the Fight Against Addiction?
November 5, 2018 2:20 pm - Opiate - Leave your thoughts
The opiate abuse epidemic is rapidly supplanting alcohol and benzodiazepines use across the country. Whether a person is hooked on prescription medications like Xanax or illicit substances like heroin, addiction to opiates has become a health crisis that needs immediate attention. Too many of our best and brightest minds are […]
Opioid Addiction and Athletic Injuries: A Surprising Connection
November 1, 2018 4:44 pm - Opiate - Leave your thoughts
. Think back to high school athletics. When you or a friend were hurt, it’s unlikely that the injury was taken very seriously. Whether you were a dancer, a football player, or a track star, it’s probable that your coach encouraged you to “walk it off” when you […]
Medication Sharing: The New Addiction Epidemic
October 30, 2018 1:37 pm - Prescription Drugs - Leave your thoughts
Photo by rawpixel Prescription medication and the issue of addiction and accidental overdose caused by pill sharing was recently put under the spotlight by The Conners, also known as the modern-day reboot of the 80s and 90s sitcom Roseanne. In the reboot’s premiere episode, the former main character, Roseanne, dies […]
When Entrepreneurial and Drug Culture Inspire Youth to Sell Drugs Early-on
October 26, 2018 2:35 pm - Drug Addiction - Leave your thoughts
Entrepreneurship culture and addiction. The 21st century has seen unprecedented pressure placed on the teenage, or adolescent, segment of our society. Adults often expect adolescents to: • Stay in school and get good grades. • Hold down at least a part-time job to help with expenses or generate some spending money. […]
Prescription Drug Dependency: Fueled by Rampant Commercialism and Television Ads
October 23, 2018 5:27 pm - Prescription Drugs - Leave your thoughts
Prescription medication and advertising. Every election cycle, politicians and political experts try to find a way to manage the epidemic of addiction spreading through the country. Heroin, benzos, Xanax, opiates, alcohol, methamphetamine, and opioids are attacked – rightfully so – and pundits try to create new ways of combating the […]
Do Anti-Drug Hollywood Movies Have a Positive Impact on Addiction or Promote It?
October 19, 2018 3:10 pm - Addiction - Leave your thoughts
_ Every year, Hollywood produces films about drugs and addiction that purport to show the reality of addiction in an essential and powerful light. You would think that such a concentrated effort to combat opioids, heroin, benzos, Xanax, and alcohol dependency would have a positive effect on the rates of […]
Divorce, Depression, and Drugs: Why So Many Women Fall Into This Cycle
October 17, 2018 2:42 pm - Depression, Substance Abuse - Leave your thoughts
Addiction in women is a problem that has many different triggers. One of the most common of these is depression, a problem that can originate in many different circumstances. Unfortunately, this problem is probably more prevalent when women get divorced. The three Ds of “divorce, depression, and drugs” is a […]
