If you're a marijuana user with a drug test coming up, you may be worried about testing positive for the drug. If so, you may also be looking for quick ways to clean out your system— and fast. You're right to be concerned: Testing positive for weed could result in repercussions at work. Beware, however, the quick fixes ... Read More
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover is a content manager and writer. She was born in Chicago, and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Southern California. Kristina is ordained for ministry in the Presbyterian Church, with a M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Yale College. As the author of two books with respected publishers, Kristina has extensive editing and writing experience. In her free time, she loves hanging out with her family, swimming, running, reading, the outdoors and international travel.
5 Tips for How to Stop Doing Cocaine, From the Experts
Cocaine is classified as a hard drug and is illegal to possess or consume, but it's often seen in a different light. Due to the stereotype of use among wealthy individuals like investment bankers or in rave settings, coke has a different reputation — that it's safer to use than heroin or meth, and it's less damaging ... Read More
Drug Profile: Tizanidine Abuse
Like many other prescription FDA-approved medications, tizanidine can be addictive. Tizanidine is not a narcotic. The drug is considered to be a muscle relaxer that helps to reduce pain, but in a different way than a narcotic. Rather than binding to pain receptors in the central nervous system, tizanidine blocks pain ... Read More
How Common Are Nightmares While Quitting Weed?
Although withdrawal symptoms from cannabis aren't as severe as withdrawal symptoms from quitting opioids or alcohol, they are still unpleasant and disruptive to your health. And, for people who smoke marijuana every day, the withdrawal symptoms can be more pronounced and uncomfortable, including cannabis-related night ... Read More
Women, Binge Drinking and the New Trend That Has Health Experts Worried
The United States has a binge drinking problem. Popular among high school students, college students and even adults, drinking heavily on a regular basis is a normal thing for far too many people. Around 1 in 6 American adults binge drinks at least four times a month, and for college students, the number is closer to ... Read More
5 Tips to Quit Gambling, From the Experts
With the rise in legalized sports gambling across many states, the presence of gambling is becoming far more ubiquitous. Millions of Americans bet on sporting events, enter March Madness pools, go to racetracks and hit casinos for a night of risking it all to win big. For most people, gambling isn't the kind of ... Read More
Top Women’s Health Concerns When Coming to Treatment: An Interview with Director of Nursing Victoria Hernandez
Of the roughly 7-10 million Americans who needed treatment for co-occurring mental health conditions in 2008, according to an estimate by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, women represented nearly half of that number, a study in the Journal of Addictions Nursing reported. Today those figures have ... Read More
Will Insurance Cover Treatment for Weed Addiction?
In recent years, medical and recreational marijuana has been legalized in many states. While this has created only a slight uptick in use, its legalization has fostered the idea that weed is not harmful or addictive, and is therefore something that you can easily quit on your own. Unfortunately, for many who realize ... Read More
