Posts Tagged ‘drug abuse’
Alcohol Abuse | Drug Abuse – Is a Family Member or Friend’s Substance Abuse Ruining Your Holidays?
Alcohol abuse | drug abuse – Tis the season, I’m afraid. Based on the outreach I receive from Thanksgiving through the New Year, year after year, the holidays are often the time when family members and friends have extended periods of time with a loved one who abuses drugs or alcohol. This means extended periods…
Read MoreHow Prescription Medications Can Lead to Harder Drugs
Prescription medications — just because they are medication prescribed by a doctor does not necessarily make them safe. The following is a guest post by Art Coburn, founder of HeroinAddictionHelpGuide.com. Art is a recovering addict and his goal is to “help others and let them know that they too can get clean and sober.” He…
Read MoreThe War on Drugs – Rethinking the Approach
The War on Drugs – is it time to rethink our approach? The following is a guest post by Kalen Smith, who writes on behalf of drug-rehab.org, a nonprofit substance abuse referral and resource center. Kalen has been writing about drug abuse and addiction for the past five years and can be reached at kalens9112@gmail.com.…
Read MoreNIDA Simplifies Addiction Disease Concepts, Treatment & Recovery and Prevention
Addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has done it again — created a fantastic, easy-to-understand product to explain addiction. This time, it’s a website. It’s called, “Easy-to-Read Drug Facts.” What is Addiction? Quoting from NIDA’s “Easy-to-Read Drug Facts’ “What is addiction page?:” When a drug user can’t stop taking a drug even…
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