Ten Statements That Deny Your Drug Abuse and Addiction Problem
Drug abuse and addiction problems can be devastating to an individual and a family. Unfortunately, many people don’t recognize they have a problem with substance abuse until they’ve hit the bottom or run into trouble with the law or loved ones. So, when do you know that drug abuse and addiction are taking over your […]
10 Ways You Can Recover Your Spirit After Heroin Addiction
Heroin addiction requires not only physical but emotional recovery. It is a multi-layered process. A person must not only recovery physically, but also he or she must cover emotionally.
Drug Abuse for Athletes
Prescription drug abuse is common among athletes. The history of athletes using substances for artificially increasing performance dates back to ancient Greece, where athletes would use substances to enhance performance. Unfortunately, performance enhancing substances often have addictive qualities and eventual health consequences.
The Truth About Bath Salts
Bath salts are a common name for a cocktail of stimulants that produces the opposite effect of a warm soothing bath. In fact, instead of producing a relaxed state, the drug can cause erratic, strange and psychotic behavior. In a case making headlines out of Miami, Florida, a biker spotted a man attacking a homeless […]
The History & Dangers of Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens have a long human history, in fact, they may be the oldest drugs known to man. We’ve all seen the movies of tribal cultures deep in the jungle – they use hallucinogens for spiritual awakening. It’s hard to imagine how we’ve gone from a species pulling hallucinogenic berries off a tree to the psychedelic […]
Effects of Drug Abuse on the Liver
Drug abuse and its effects, while considerably less well-known than the effects of alcohol abuse, can wreak equally harmful havoc on the liver. When you think about it, it’s very simple. The liver is responsible for breaking down all things ingested or absorbed into the bloodstream and filtering out the toxins so the body can absorb the healthy nutrients that remain. This normal function for this organ becomes problematic when we start putting extreme amounts of toxins into our bodies, essentially making the liver work overtime to remove all of the poison so it doesn’t have adverse effects on the rest of our system. And as you can probably guess, there are not many things out there that can cause the buildup of toxins in the body the way that drug abuse can.
U.S. Last to Know on Increasing Drug Abuse of Kratom
Drug abuse of the herbal substance known as Kratom is making its presence known in emergency rooms across the United States, according to a recent report by MSNBC. Kratom is derived from an opiate-like leaf found in Southeast Asia, and it has been utilized for many years in the realm of alternative medicine, as well […]
Diet Pills and Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a phrase that often brings to mind heroin addicts, cocaine abusers, crack addicts and other characters often seen on television and film – these are your stereotypical street drug abusers. Yes, these are dangerous substances that should be avoided at all costs. But what about some of the other drugs that people […]
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Has Candid Talk about Past Drug Addiction
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a painful mistress that infects without prejudice. Just ask Steven Tyler, best known today for being a judge on TV’s American Idol, but a celebrity for the last several decades as the frontman for the rock band Aerosmith. In a media blitz of interviews, Tyler goes into detail about […]
Over the Counter Medication Abuse On the Rise With Teens
Over-the-counter medication abuse is one of the fastest-growing categories of drugs abused by teenagers in the United States today. There are a variety of explanations as to why this abuse is so common and continues to grow, but of course, no one can be certain of the predominant cause. For starters, these drugs are about […]