October 27th, 2014
The Importance of Getting Drug Rehab
There are a number of things that can happen to your body if you are abusing drugs or other substances. If you don’t get help out of your addiction, you can really have some big problems in the process. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common results of those issues. […]
October 20th, 2014
Finding the Right Drug Treatment
The procedure of picking the best drug treatment center – whether for alcohol addiction, drug abuse, or behavioral compulsion issues – might be troublesome. There are such a variety of alternatives out there, it might be enticing to simply pick any treatment center. While ...
October 13th, 2014
What Does Drug Rehab Include?
If you are going through drug rehabilitation, there are a lot of options available for you, as the patient, to try. It will all depend on what is going on in your life and how you want to be able to work through it; the treatment center that you work with will also help you […]
October 1st, 2014
Family Support During Drug Rehab
The family and drug rehab can play a large role in helping someone who is struggling with drug abuse to get out of it. After an intervention, the ideal situation is that the patient will be propelled to enter a rehabilitation program, either inpatient or outpatient based. Each patient’s ...
December 30th, 2013
Meditate Out of Addiction: Study Further Proves Meditation Helps Recovery
A paper by computer scientist Dr. Yariv Levy and colleagues published in Frontiers in Psychiatry suggests that aggregating meditation to traditional therapies can significantly increase acquisition and maintenance of sobriety for those struggling with addiction. “Our higher-level conclusion is ...
November 27th, 2013
The Rising Popularity of Kratom Spurs Concern Over Legality
In a CBS article published last week, a drug named kratom was defined as a highly addictive legal drug similar to cocaine that has been gaining popularity in South Florida. Sold as an herbal remedy at Kava bars, head shops and convenience stores in the area, kratom comes from a tree in ...
October 2nd, 2013
Flesh-Rotting Drug, Krokodil, Has Made Its Way to the US (Warning: Graphic Images)
Hailing from Russia, a frightening, homemade drug has made its way to the US: Krokodil. The heroin-like substance is an extremely destructive mixture of over-the-counter codeine medication, alcohol, paint thinner, oil, and even gasoline. This toxic concoction has the power to physically rot the ...
July 17th, 2013
What We Can Learn From Drug-Related Tragedies
With the recent heartbreaking news of the sudden death of actor Cory Monteith, people are outpouring their condolences and opinions regarding the star’s battle with addiction. Some reactions are more startling than others, such as the Westboro Baptist Church trying to picket this poor young ...
April 5th, 2013
Rethinking the “Three Strikes” Rule
It’s easy for Americans to sit in our moral high chairs and shake our heads at news of human rights violations in far-off lands like North Korea and Libya, but what about the historical injustice currently being perpetrated on US soil? Five percent of the world’s population lives in the United ...
April 4th, 2011
Drugs and Their Effects – Opioids (Heroin)
While the opioid heroin is not as widely used as tobacco, marijuana, cocain, crack or ecstasy (among others), it was ranked the second most harmful drug overall. It is also considered the second most harmful in terms of harm to its users (#1 is Crack), as well as second in terms of harm to ...
February 21st, 2011
The Last Chance Texaco – Interview
Chris has struggled with Crystal Meth since his 20’s, but I can’t tell his story as well as he can, so i suggest you read it here now he is four years sober. He runs the blog The Last Chance Texaco where he details his daily struggle, and speaks on just about all topics related […]
