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What Are Opioids

Opioids come in three different forms: natural, semi-synthetic, and synthetic. These are all narcotics that derive from the opium poppy or are made synthetically in laboratories for pharmaceutical...

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Methadone

What is Methadone? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, methadone is an opiate analgesic prescribed for the treatment of severe pain. It is primarily prescribed to people who are...

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The Heroin Epidemic is Real

Heroin use in the United States remains a major problem, with approximately 669,000 Americans using the drug every year. If this statistics doesn’t open your eyes, consider these (also courtesy of the...

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The Dangers of Drugged Driving

The following is written with the assistance of the Florida Department of Transportation, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Over the past few decades, politicians, corporations,...

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A Parents Greatest Fear for Addicted Child

In 2009 there were 23.5 million persons aged 12 or older needing treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol abuse problem, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s...

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How Opioids Work

Opioid drugs can be found as both prescription medications such as vicodin or illicit street drugs such as heroin. Opioids look like chemicals in the brain and body, attaching to nerve cells called...

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Detoxing From Heroin

Heroin is one of the most popular street drugs today. It is making its way throughout the United States, leaving no city untouched. Thousands of you men and women die each year as a result of heroin...

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Uncovering the Beast of Addiction

For years you’ve drank alcohol, never seeing it as a problem. You may have started out casually, drinking in social settings or having a beer after a long day of work. Millions of people worldwide are...

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Heroin Abuse During Pregnancy

Heroin is an extremely dangerous drug that is known for thousands of deaths and treatment admissions each year. Women who use heroin during their pregnancy are not only putting their life at risk but...

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Why Heroin is so Addictive

Heroin is considered to be one of the most dangerous drugs around today. The effects of heroin are so powerful and addictive that people who use the drugs are expected to develop a dependency. Heroin...

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Drug Abuse in Middle Schools

As a parent you hope that you raised your child right, educating them on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. This is really all we can do as parents, are children are growing into young adults,...

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Death by Overdose

Death by Overdose, these words are scary to hear today. With prescription drugs and heroin quickly flooding schools throughout the United States we tend to hear this more and more. According to the...

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The First Step in Recovery

Addiction is defined as a disease resulting in the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance. It is characterized by tolerance and physiological symptoms upon withdrawal, and the...

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Making Ammends

Making amends is more than just an apology. Addiction causes chaos and destruction, causing a moral wreckage. When addicted to drugs or alcohol you may lie, cheat, steal and manipulate to get your next...

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Family Intervention

Addiction does not only affect the addict himself, it affects the family as a whole. This is why addiction is known as a family disease. Addiction wears on the family mentally and emotionally, as well...

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Finding Your Way Out of Addiction

Addiction can destroy your health, relationships, professional and social life. Drugs and alcohol consume your thoughts and actions, you begin to lose all control. For many people it takes hitting rock...

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Death by Overdose, Heroin Addiction

Heroin abuse is a growing epidemic in the United States. SInce 2001 the number of deaths by Heroin overdose have continued to rise at a drastic level. In 2014 more than 10,000 men and 2,000 women died...

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Get The Help You Need to Overcome Heroin Addiction

Heroin is a highly addictive drug that causes major changes in the brain making it feel hopeless to get clean. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of people die each year from heroin overdose. Some...

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Heroin Addiction Treatment

Heroin addiction is a growing epidemic in the United States. It typically affects young white males between the ages of 18 and 23 years old, however heroin does not discriminate and affects men and...

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Overcoming Cocaine Addiction

Cocaine is known to be one of the hardest illicit street drugs to kick. It causes a psychological dependency that can cause cravings years into recovery. It is not uncommon of cocaine addicts to...

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