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Evidence Based Treatment for Addiction: The Emerging Truth
Society’s understanding and acceptance of addiction as a complex, chronic, relapsing disease of the brain has slowly begun to…
Stories of Heroin and Opioid Addiction and Overdose – An Equal Opportunity Destroyer
There’s no denying the surge in heroin abuse and opioid addiction. More Americans die every year from drug overdoses…
A Poisonous Mix: Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Violence
Violence is not an easy subject to talk about. It is the darkest aspect of human behavior with the…
Getting High On The Music – Sober Meet-Up Groups At Concerts and Festivals
Making sacrifices to stay clean and sober is an aspect of life that most, if not all, people in…
Drug Test Dodging – Professional Athletes and Synthetic Drugs
An explosion of synthetic cannabinoids, going by names like “K2,” “Spice” or “synthetic marijuana,” on the market claim to…
W-18 is the Most Dangerous Drug You’ve Never Heard About
The epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction, which has led to some of the highest accidental death rates in…
What Happens if Marijuana is Removed From Schedule I Classification?
Marijuana has always made the news, but these days the headlines are much different than a decade ago. Across…
Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S. Reach Record Numbers and Are Not Slowing
Addiction to prescription painkillers is believed to be the reason for death rates that rival the AIDS epidemic of…
Defining Recovery: SAMHSA’s 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and…
Should the Purchase Age of Cigarettes and Tobacco Be Raised to 21?
Just like alcohol, heroin and cocaine, nicotine is a drug that leads to addiction. In the brain, it increases…
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