Cocaine makes a user feel fast, their heart beat slams in their chest, the corners of their mouth pull up, eyes pop, and they feel excited, happy, and really invested in whatever it is they are doing. Cocaine is in its nature an “upper”. Which is to say it makes the user feel more energy, makes them more alert and more ... Read More
Help With Substance Abuse
Substance abuse disorder is a diagnosable medical and mental health disorder. It becomes a disorder when it begins interfering with a person’s day-to-day life. It affects 21.5 million people over the age of 2012, yet many do not seek help. Here you will find articles cataloging the aspects and types of substance abuse. The experts at FHE Health identify trends and explain addiction risks for substances from Juul to inhalants.
The Terrifying Truth About Cocaine Addiction
Untangling Opioids and Opiates During the Opioid Epidemic
According to the World Health Organization “Roughly 450,000 people died as a result of drug use in 2015. Of those deaths, about 160 thousands were directly associated with drug use disorders and about 118 thousands with opioid use disorders.” The news is constantly throwing out headlines about this opioid epidemic, a ... Read More
Co-Occurring Disorders and How They Change Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Related-Conditions/Dual-Diagnosis) a dual diagnosis, otherwise known as a co-occurring disorder or a comorbidity, is when an addict suffers from both chemical dependency on a substance, be it alcohol, ... Read More
The Promises Amphetamines Make but Never Keep Them
Amphetamines are the kind of drug that lures an addict in with high energy, efficiency, and a sureness they can never find in their unaffected lives. With a brief indulgence in the daydream of an almost supernatural amount of drive, the amphetamine user begins the hard collision course with reality. The high is always ... Read More
Chemical Dependency Can Kill Fast, but Doesn’t Mind The Long Game
Drugs kill people at an alarming rate. Part of that is the pernicious nature of addiction itself, and part of it is how few people get the treatment they so desperately need, or get treatment that doesn’t go far enough to help ensure success in sobriety. Maybe they don’t know where to find affordable drug rehab, or ... Read More
Fentanyl, The Myth & The Mayhem
In Florida, as well as all over the wide United States, the powerful narcotic, Fentanyl has been showing up in headlines left and right these days. First it was different prominent people dying from overdoses on the opioid drug. Prince died with a cocktail of substances in him, but one of the driving factors for the ... Read More
Sherlock Holmes & Drug Abuse – It’s Elementary My Dear Watson
Updated November 15, 2019 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic character Sherlock Holmes was a masterful investigator. You wouldn’t want anyone else on the case. He was a genius at putting together the puzzle pieces of a mystery to find the culprit of a crime. Holmes was nothing, however, if not a drug addict. Holmes' ... Read More
Jobs Most At Risk from Drug Overdoses
Anyone taking an drug is at risk of becoming dependent on it. And people in any job description—as well as the unemployed—are susceptible to addiction. However some jobs are much more at risk than others. The information below is based on data assembled by the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance program from ... Read More