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1: Heroin Addiction

Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug. It among the most abused and fastest acting of the opiates (opiates, also called narcotics, are a family of drugs which are used in the medical professio...

By: Jack Smith

2: Drug Abuse Treatments

As treatment of drug abuse should suit the specific needs of the individual concerned, there is no one treatment that can be used in all cases. The choice of treatment also depends on which drug is...

By: Jennifer Bailey

3: Teen Drug Abuse

Drug abuse by teenagers is very common, which can lead to disastrous consequences in the future. A large proportion of deaths in people between 15 and 24 are reportedly connected in some way or the...

By: Jennifer Bailey

4: Morphine: A Pain Medicine and Addiction

Morphine is an opioid analgesic and is used to treat moderate to severe pain. Morphine pain medicine works by affecting how the body senses pain. While effective in treating pain, morphine can be q...

By: Serhat Pala

5: Prescription Drug Abuse and Pill Withdrawal

Prescription Drug Abuse, or pill addiction as it is commonly called, and, ultimately, 'pill withdrawal' have been with us since doctors began prescribing drugs, but has become more widespread sin...

By: Peter Nisbet

6: Alcoholism and Marijuana Smoking

Given the high prevalence of alcohol consumption and marijuana smoking, it may be conceived of normative developmental experience. Although light substance use may be a normative and adaptive behav...

By: Michael Russell

7: Addiction Treatment Is A Choice

People become victims of substance abuse for different and often inscrutable reason. But whatever these reasons are, it is undeniable that this problem wrecks havoc in the lives of its victims and ...

By: William Teleo

Alcohol Treatments

Alcohol treatment programs are available in every city and small town in the United States. Admitting to the problem of alcoholism and seeking help at an addiction center is the first positive step towards recovery. ...

By: Steve Valentino

Teen Drug Abuse

Drug abuse by teenagers is very common, which can lead to disastrous consequences in the future. A large proportion of deaths in people between 15 and 24 are reportedly connected in some way or the other to drug or alcohol...

By: Jennifer Bailey

Effect of Gender on Smoking Relapse

The fallback into smoking a quit attempt is simply referred to as smoking relapse. Most relapses occur within days or weeks after the initial cessation attempt. The appearance of relapse signifies that point prevalence qui...

By: Michael Russell

The state of Michigan is currently under attack by the pro-drug lobby in its attempts to legalize marijuana as a so-called medicine .

Health, community, and positivity were at the heart of the second annual Family Health and Safety Fair, held Saturday afternoon at the Cape Wellness Center.

Local pediatrician Fred Holmes rocked back in his chair and mused about the day a teenager he had treated as a boy walked into his office to ask for help dealing with his OxyContin abuse.

Neil Willis Coughlan shook in his seat and cried as he told the court about the pain he went through after surgery and why he altered a prescription.

Dora Brodeur knew it the moment her daughter, Alexis Gabree, walked into the kitchen on the morning of Sept.