According to a study published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2018, an estimated 43.5 million Americans aged 12 and over, or about 16 percent of the population, used marijuana in the year prior. While most people can stop using weed relatively easily, this isn't the case for ... Read More
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Do People Go to Drug Rehab for Weed?
Illicit drug use is on the rise across the nation. According to the CDC, nearly one in 10 Americans aged 12 and over used an illicit drug within a month prior to a survey that was conducted in 2013, a 13% increase over the number reported in a 2002 survey. Marijuana use accounts for a large portion of reported drug ... Read More
Opioid Addiction
Opioids and their subset of opiates are some of the most historically abused group of drugs. As a drug that produces euphoric effects, an altered state of consciousness, pain relief, or other mind-body effects—with religious experiences. Indeed, the precursors of opiate addiction probably trace back to early ... Read More
The Dangers of Mixing Opioids and Alcohol
Each day in the United States, nearly 80 people lose their lives because of an opioid overdose. In many of these instances, alcohol is also complicit—despite the prescription drug label that reads "Do not drink alcohol while using this medication." Many people who take prescription or illicit opioids minimize the ... Read More
How to Dispose of Drugs Safely
Once someone has decided to get clean and start down the road towards recovery, one of the most important things they need to do right away is ditch any drugs they're still holding. This step is critical because there's simply nothing good that can come from holding on to the stash in your medicine cabinet. Along with ... Read More
How Nicotine Addiction Often Factors Into Recovery
People enter recovery to free themselves from chemical dependency, but anyone who has been to a rehab community or 12-step meeting will immediately notice a large number of tobacco users. Studies have shown that as many as 50% of recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, yet few people seem to talk about it or be ... Read More
Can I Smoke in Rehab? And Other Concerns
“Can I smoke cigarettes in rehab?” It’s a question many people ask when considering inpatient drug or alcohol treatment for the first time. The answer is a qualified “yes”: Quality behavioral health providers like FHE Health honor patients’ freedom and preferences to smoke in rehab; at the same time, patients can avail ... Read More
How to Get Narcan for Free
"Narcan" is the brand name for "naloxone," a medication that was first developed in 1961. If you were wondering how to get Narcan, it is now widely available to anyone to treat people who overdose on opioids. Narcan was not, in fact, approved by the FDA to counteract opioid overdoses until 1971. Since then, the drug ... Read More
