The Difficulty of Confronting Someone With an Addiction If you are watching a loved one destroy their life because of an alcohol or drug addiction and don't know what to do, FHE Health is here to provide the professional advice and compassionate support you need to get your loved one help. You may be afraid of what ... Read More
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Addiction on the Ballot
Addiction has become a hot-button topic during the 2018 election cycle, and there's a number of initiatives on the table that could have a big impact on our recovery community. Here at FHE Health, we've taken a hard look at some of the most prominent addiction-related initiatives across the country. We've examined ... Read More
The Link Between Substance Abuse and Cancer
Cancer is currently one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and there are no signs of this trend slowing down. Nearly 70 million people received a cancer diagnosis in 2016 with breast, lung, prostate, colon, or bladder cancer being the most common forms. Unfortunately, with the way things are going in ... Read More
How Drugs Affect Your Cognitive Functioning
How Drugs Affect Your Cognitive Functioning Drug addictions affect our livelihood. An insidious function of the drug tells us 'we can conceal it', 'it is your secret', yet it begins to affect everything. Our family, our friends, our children, our careers, it seems like nothing we can do can help. This downward cycle ... Read More
Resources: Drug Abuse
Illegal drug use in the U.S. and worldwide is predicted to rise by nearly 25 percent between 2018 and 2028 as industrialization, population growth and expedited urbanization fuels demand for all types of non-prescription drugs. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime also reports that over 220 million people have ... Read More
Mississippi Man Uses Life Experience in Drugs And Prison To Rehabilitate Leaving Convicts
Benny Ivey had a hard life growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, with parents who progressed from one hard drug to harder drugs. He lived in a household that focused on feeding those addictions. Ivey’s parents would direct him to commit crimes to pay for meth and other drugs, which he also began to take part in abusing. ... Read More
Mississippi Gives Drug Case to Feds Hoping For Longer Sentence
Mississippi drug enforcement are passing a case to federal officials in the hopes that they’ll offer a steeper sentence than what their state’s penal codes can offer. Kelvin Roy Thompson, 53, of Jackson, is being prosecuted for crimes related to selling drugs, but Federal laws have extra provisions that allow for ... Read More
Four of Five Accused Drug Sellers Plead “Not Guilty” in Hancock County
Court proceedings are underway for five people accused in an attempt to sell a large amount of drugs out of state. Johnny Honorato, 23, Salomon Lopez, 28, Isidoro Martinez, 19, Stacy McDonald, 29, and Manuel Rivera Sanchez, 36, all residents of Apopka, Florida, are accused of trying to sell more than $100,000 worth of ... Read More
