Teen Alcohol Abuse--a Serious Health and Safety Issue Teen alcohol abuse is a problem across the U.S. It affects a wide circle—the teen, the teen’s family, and the community. Teen alcohol abuse is not only a significant health concern but is a significant public safety issue as well. Driving when intoxicated is just one example of [...]
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It’s Not Just Heroin Causing Problems – The Opioid Epidemic and the Health of the Nation Many people can see that heroin might cause some pretty long-term health problems, but most of us don’t realize that any type of opioid addiction can be really problematic for the overall health and wellness of a person. [...]
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Codependency Recovery: Rewire Your Brain Perhaps you think that you can only become addicted to alcohol or a drug. Or maybe you think about addiction such as to food, porn, or sex. But, do you realize that people can become addicted to another person? The term codependency has been around for many years. It was [...]
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Recovery for Alcoholism: What To Do When You Want To Quit Sometimes life can just get really frustrating, and if you’re in recovery for alcoholism, it can seem overwhelming at first. I’m sure you can relate. Things don’t always go the way you want, people don’t act the way they should, you try and try [...]
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Marijuana and Cocaine – The Dangers Go Beyond the User Marijuana and cocaine have been trafficked into the United States for what seems like ages. As long as people have been using these substances, they have been brought to this country by some means. It just so happens that much of Latin and South [...]
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Selling Cocaine to America—the Business of Addiction Selling cocaine is a multi-tiered and complicated criminal activity. From farmers that grow and harvest the coca plant in South America, to the last hands that touch it before it is used, cocaine involves illegal money transactions almost every step of the way (some countries of origin can grow [...]
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Holistic Treatment for Substance Abuse--It May be for You Holistic treatment for substance abuse may be the right choice for you. Holistic treatment describes therapies and practices that treat the whole person. This means that, as opposed to traditional treatment, holistic addiction treatment looks well beyond the disease of addiction and its symptoms. There is [...]
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Teens Invent a Date-Rape-Drug Detecting Straw In a high school level Business Plan competition arranged by the Miami Herald, the winning idea was that of a smart straw. Now, you might not think that a straw could have such significance, but this is a completely different type of straw than you may think. This straw [...]
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Drugs and Suicide—A Hidden Public Health Crisis Drugs and suicide are not typically linked in the general public’s awareness when we think about how serious addiction is. Even those of us who worry about a loved one’s addiction can miss that connection. We tend to fear that the drugs will kill an addicted loved one by [...]
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Opioid Overdose Cases Skyrocketing – Is it the Next Big Killer? There is no denying that opioid overdose is a growing and significant problem for many reasons. Prescription pain medications have gotten a really bad rap lately, and all the government crackdowns have really caused problems for those who legitimately and legally take these [...]
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America's Opioid Addiction Epidemic--a Public Heath Crisis America's opioid addiction epidemic has been newsworthy for some time, and each report in recent years has been an increasingly alarming one, reflecting a public health crisis that has yet to stabilize or reverse. The U.S. governmental Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a report this week [...]
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Sports and Drinking Can Be a Dangerous Combination If you think sports and drinking can’t be a dangerous combination, think again. During the Stanley Cup Final game, five guys from Nashville decided to watch the game in a downtown bar named Rippy’s, while drinking some brewskies. Beginning their pre-game party drinking at 11 am, by [...]
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Unused Opioids – The Worry Over What to do With Them One big problem that many Americans have is what to do with their unused opioids. They say not to flush them down the toilet, but you also don’t want to just throw them in the garbage. If you have a legitimate prescription for [...]
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Even Moderate Drinking Can Alter the Brain There's a new report that says even moderate alcohol use may make changes to the brain. There's plenty of talk out there, especially from those who like to drink, saying that a little bit of alcohol regularly is good for the brain and the body. However, a new [...]
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Drugs and Crime – Understanding why They go Together Drugs and crime. It often seems that you can’t have one without the other. All across the country, addicts are incarcerated because of their addictions, and it gets worse from there. So, are addicts bad? It seems that society believes that a person with an [...]
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30 Day Treatment Programs for Opioid Use Disorders 30 day treatment programs for Opioid Use Disorders are typically the first and very significant phase of treatment for most people who are addicted to these substances. Such programs can provide a complete, or nearly complete, withdrawal and detoxification process for people who are opioid addicted. However, an opioid [...]
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Addiction and Mental Illness – Finding and Treating Dual Diagnosis Addiction and mental illness is a significant problem for those who can’t seem to kick their addictions. On one hand, many different substances and alcohol are known to cause short-term mental and emotional problems, but on the other, there are some who had their [...]
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30 Day Treatment Programs for Substance Use Disorders 30 day treatment programs are relatively standard recommendations for addiction treatment. However, you should be aware that 30 days are sometimes considered the bare minimum for effective care. There are many factors that determine what the best length of stay in treatment for a Substance Use Disorder [...]
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The Challenges You May Face in Sobriety So now that you're contemplating giving up substances on your drug or alcohol recovery path, you may be wondering what life in drug or alcohol recovery might look like. You may have some concerns, questions, and feel a little bit like your life will not be as fun [...]
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Understanding Holistic Addiction Treatment—What You Need to Know Understanding holistic addiction treatment better can help you make a more informed decision about your treatment or that of a loved one. Holistic treatment is a very different approach than what most think of as traditional and mainstream substance abuse treatment. As the Merriam-Webster Dictionary states: holistic principles [...]
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Global Alcohol Consumption Falling Many people go on and on about how the amount of alcohol being consumed is increasing all the time. However, statistics are indicating that in recent years, the amount of alcohol consumed has actually fallen. This could be a shocker to many. Researchers believe that a growing economy could be the [...]
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The War on Opioids – Are We Fighting a Losing Battle? The war on opioids seems to be a never-ending battle for many. For those who have loved ones struggling with an addiction to these drugs, both legally prescribed and illicitly obtained, the quest for relief seems to be an endless struggle that will [...]
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Holistic Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Holistic treatment for Substance Use Disorders is a viable option that is becoming more widely available. For years, the addiction treatment field was a one-size-fits-all proposition. Typically, treatment programs focused on withdrawal and detox, introduction to 12 Step principles, and relapse prevention planning. It was common for such programs [...]
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Chronic Pain and Opioids – Is the Crackdown Hurting Patients with Legitimate Pain? Chronic pain and opioids have a long history together and for many, have become a way of life. For those who have seriously painful conditions, opioids can make the difference between living a functional life and not living at all. However, [...]
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After Dual Diagnosis Rehab—Your Happy and Successful Life After dual diagnosis rehab, the adventure of a stable life continues at new levels. People with dual disorders—a Substance Use Disorder and a co-existing mental health disorder—can begin life anew. In fact, a new life established firm roots in an effective dual diagnosis rehab program. Even when [...]
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A New Alcohol Delivery App in Phoenix Have you ever been sitting at home on a Saturday night and ran out of alcohol? Or you’re at a party and the kegs are empty and everyone is too intoxicated to go get more alcohol? Or maybe you just don’t feel like running out to the store [...]
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Addicted as a Teen – Is it the Path to Selling Drugs? When you’re addicted as a teen, you might not think that this is what will lead you to a life of crime and making an illegal living, but for too many out there, this is exactly what happens. Before you know it, [...]
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Effective Dual Diagnosis Rehabs Save Lives Effective dual diagnosis rehabs save lives. Dually diagnosed people struggle with two illnesses that can debilitate and deteriorate daily life in a progressive fashion—an addiction and another mental health disorder. Each one of those conditions has the potential to be disabling, and, is impairing even when a mild form [...]
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Dual Diagnosis Rehab—What You Need to Know Dual diagnosis rehab is for people who are struggling with both a mental health disorder and a Substance Use Disorder simultaneously. Such a treatment program is very different than any that would treat just a mental health disorder or just a substance problem. The needs of people with [...]
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Cocaine Addiction--What You Need to Know Cocaine addiction is medically known as the diagnosis Cocaine Use Disorder (or Stimulant Use Disorder) which can be mild, moderate, or severe depending on the number of symptoms present. A Cocaine Use Disorder is characterized by the continuing use of cocaine despite clinically significant distress or impairment. Continuing use [...]
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The Opioid Epidemic and Children – Babies Born Addicted Torso of pregnant teen or woman The opioid epidemic and children is one area where it seems many people are afraid to really look hard. We all know that opioid addictions affect families, adult loved ones and pets, but what about the [...]
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Cocaine--Pregnancy During Addiction Cocaine use during pregnancy is one of the most serious drug-related public health crises we have in the U.S. today. Both women and their unborn babies are at severe risk during pregnancy, and children exposed to cocaine in utero stand the risk of consequences later in life as well. Given most women who [...]
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Toxic People in Rehab – Who to Avoid, and Why You Should Toxic people in rehab are a very real problem. If you were thinking that your stay in treatment was going to be full of people spouting sunshine and buttercups, think again, because, just as anywhere else, you’re going to encounter these people [...]
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Drug Addiction Affects Everyone – Not Just the Addict Drug addiction affects everyone, not just the addict, but now more than ever, it’s being brought out in the open the many ways that our furry friends suffer from addiction just as humans do. Not only do friends and family members suffer, but it seems [...]
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One of the Deadliest Drugs in the U.S. is Heroin One of the deadliest drugs in the U.S. today is heroin. It is in the pharmacological class of substances called opiates which means it is derived from the morphine alkaloid in the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum). It is also known as an opioid--a class that [...]
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Addiction Coupled with an Anxiety Disorder – Does the Type of Anxiety Matter? Addiction coupled with an anxiety disorder can be especially tricky to treat. This is especially the case when it’s hard to tell if the anxiety that a person battling an addiction experiences is a result of the addiction or a condition [...]
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Cocaine is a Major Problem in the U.S.--It Makes an Unexpected Comeback Cocaine is a major problem in the U.S--again. Its 'comeback' has taken many by surprise. In recent years, the U.S. has been concerned with the opioid epidemic which has dramatically escalated, causing alarming rates of overdose fatalities, and in many cities, epidemics of Hepatitis C and [...]
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Experts Agree – Deadly Drug Combinations the Leading Cause of Overdoses Deadly drug combinations have been a serious issue for a long time. If you know anyone who battles an addiction, and you hear about them overdosing, chances are always high that they weren’t taking only one substance. Lots of people mix alcohol with [...]
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The Deadliest Drugs in the U.S.--OxyContin One of the deadliest drugs in the U.S. today is OxyContin or oxycodone hydrochloride. It is a prescription painkiller used to treat moderate to severe pain and is very similar in effect to heroin when misused. A highly addictive drug, OxyContin is an opioid derived from thebaine, an alkaloid [...]
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The Deadliest Drugs in America—a Closer Look at Opioids Some of the deadliest drugs in America are opioids—prescription painkillers, heroin, and synthetic pharmaceutical opioid as well as synthetic opioids produced illegally. Among these, prescription painkillers are the only ones deemed to have legitimate medical uses, but even the DEA classifies them as having a high [...]
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Meth Use in America – Still A Significant Problem Meth use in America. What does it look like today? Is there something that we’re missing with this substance? Is it as bad as it’s made out to be? Where does it compare to opioids? These are the questions that many people have because, since [...]
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