Slang and street names for drugs are always changing so it's possible that a list like this won't ever be completely up-to-date. Nevertheless, here are a few of the more common names that you may overhear. Heroin - Brown sugar, china white, smack, dope, hell dust, junk, skag, skunk, tar, white horse, negra, thunder, ... Read More
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A Recipe for Recovery
Everyone has their own unique situation, but here's a "recipe" that I have found useful when it comes to recovery, whether you need Xanax detox, and opiate addiction, or are abusing any other substance. Ingredients Acceptance of the need for change Someone you can talk with who can validate your experiences ... Read More
Xanax and Opioids Prove Deadly and Popular in Illinois
The deathly combination of opioids and benzodiazepines, the class of drugs Xanax, Valium and other drugs fall under, has proven to be popular with partygoers. Where once heroin or ecstasy would have been reigning supreme, partiers are instead turning to prescriptions with relaxing effects. However, Cook County, IL, ... Read More
Telling Your Parents You Need Rehab
The first step in getting help for your addiction is to bring your parents on board. It can be a scary and difficult concept, but it is necessary and beneficial in the long run. Parents are your protector and will want to help you. Reaching out for assistance with an addiction to substances like opiates, heroin, Xanax, ... Read More
A Xanax Addiction Might Damage the Immune System
According to a couple research studies, there are signs pointing to benzodiazepines being more dangerous than just being addictive. A connection has been found between taking benzos over a long-term period and a stressing of the immune system. Xanax has been found to cause more stress than others, too, which makes ... Read More
Debating the Use of Opioids for Opioid Addiction Treatment
Many within the rehab community are concerned with the notion that opioid withdrawal symptoms are controlled with the use of additional opioids. The practice can work well to keep people from suffering some of the worst of those symptoms, but it is coming under criticism from a number of people within the community. ... Read More
Xanax with Opioids Makes for a Deadly Combination
If you or someone you know is addicted to or abusing both Xanax (or any other benzodiazepine) and a narcotic opioid painkiller (like oxycodone, methadone, Tramadol, and others), you can pretty much forget about having to suffer through opioid or Xanax withdrawal symptoms That’s because taking those two types of drugs ... Read More
Florida Man Feeds Child Xanax To Make Him “Chill” After Sugar High
Although nearly any story we share that has to do with Xanax withdrawal symptoms or Xanax detox is already almost guaranteed to not be an exciting or happy story, an incident out of Orange City that involves a man forcing a 10-year-old kid to take the addictive substance. What’s even more telling about this person is ... Read More
