Rehab has helped millions and millions of people across the United States and abroad, and statistically, it's likely that everyone has someone close to them who is currently in recovery. That makes it important to know what to do if a friend, family member or someone else close to you suffers a setback in their ... Read More
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At Sixes and Sevens: The Overlap of Alcoholism & Gambling
One of the issues that makes addiction more complex than some other chronic diseases is the potential for addiction to more than one substance or behavior at one time or for two addictions to play off of each other in dangerous ways. Such connections are common with addictions to gambling and alcohol. These ... Read More
America’s Response to Opioids: Rising to the Challenge?
Opioids are one of the biggest threats to Americans today, as the National Institute on Drug Abuse makes clear in a recent report. As of January 2019, over 130 people die every day using opioids. This includes drugs such as prescription painkillers and synthetic drugs such as fentanyl and heroin. Consider it from a ... Read More
How Much Is Healthy: Alcohol and the Myth of the Happy Medium
Imagine what would happen if a pharmaceutical company tried to introduce a new drug today: one that's known to inhibit the central nervous system and depress both physical and psychological activity even when taken in small doses. Add to that the fact that this new drug triggers the release of naturally ... Read More
Trends in Drug Use: Are There Benefits in Microdosing Psychedelics?
Psychedelic drugs derived from plants have been used for thousands of years by medicine men, shamans and spiritual leaders in ceremonies and rituals to create connections between humans and the spiritual world. In 1938, the Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann synthesized LSD while attempting to develop a respiratory ... Read More
Caffeine: A Drug Profile
The majority of us have coffee every day, so it can be easy to forget that the caffeine it contains has some potentially harmful side effects. Keep reading to understand why caffeine is a drug you should think twice about abusing. Do you reach for a cup of coffee once a day, or do you drink it all day long? ... Read More
Vicious Cycle: How Drug Abuse Turns to Dealing
Drug addiction often starts slowly, with a little sampling at a party or prescription use that spirals out of control. For those who enjoy the initial rush, use may increase, spreading from getting high solely at parties or during nights out to daily doses, perhaps at night to unwind or in the morning to get going. ... Read More
Too Dangerous for Bail: The Realities of Trafficking in Chicopee, MA
In January of 2019 in Chicopee, MA, a man named David Class was arrested with a stockpile of drugs and weapons. Along with three guns, officers found 83 grams of heroin and 650 grams of cocaine. Later in the month, he was denied bail, but perhaps not because of his current arrest. As it turns out, Class has priors, ... Read More
