Results for Drug Addiction

Having a drug addiction is not a moral failing, it is a physical and psychological dependency which needs treatment and time. Here's how parents can help.

Eskenazi Health pilots program that uses emergency room as point of intervention for drug abusers who have overdosed.

As people continue to die en masse due to the opioid crisis, we look at how stereotypes surrounding drug use are holding society back.

At places such as El Cajon’s McAlister Institute for alcohol and drug treatment, there’s a saying when it comes to addiction: “First you take the drug, and then the drug takes you.”

Mounting overdose deaths — approaching 300 a year in Allegheny County alone — could be reduced through measures both simple and complex, members of a ...

New Jersey is in the throes of a heroin and opioid addiction epidemic, but the rest of the country is no stranger to the crisis according to one New Jersey Congressman.

As pointed out Friday by area health officials, drug addiction is affecting newborn babies in the Buffalo Trace Region at alarming rates.

There are millions of drug addicts in America and around the world, and many of them got into addiction at a very tender age. People may wonder what the peak ages of drug addiction are. Well, as we grow older, we undergo several physical and chemical changes that kind of modify the way we react to everyday situations. With these variations, there is now evidence that age has an influence on drug and alcohol abuse, and vice versa. But what is the peak…

The best lines from his new interview with Biography.com

When we were children, we certainly had doses of vaccines given to us to protect us from catching the flu and other harmful health conditions. Now, researchers say such vaccines may soon become available for people recovering from substance abuse
For a few decades now, the researchers have been working on a vaccine model for drugs like; fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and even alcohol. There currently…

Drug addiction is a common problem in the United States. It is particularly common among the youth, even though adults heavily abuse drugs too. Addiction has become so serious that it is difficult to raise a teenager in America without watching closely for drug abuse
But even with all the efforts parents make to survey their children, they can never be able to do so perfectly. Teenagers are particularly daring and would occasionally go off the radar of their parents and other relatives.…

Stigma of drug addiction can be as powerful as addiction itself

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
GOVERNOR’S PRESS RELEASE
Trenton, NJ – Governor Chris Christie signed into law today his “life-saving healthcare reform” to guarantee insurance coverage for people to access immediate drug addiction treatment and to limit initial opioid prescriptions. Governor Christie announced this recovery reform during his 2017 State of the State address, and it was passed in a month by the legislature
“Everyone in New…

Loneliness, anxiety, happiness and sadness are common feelings, sometimes experienced in startling succession. The bad news is the holiday blues can trigger relapse for people recovering from alcoholism and other drug addiction.

Before and after photos can demonstrate the devastating side effects of substance abuse, but Rehabs.com has taken that a step further.

“This disease is not the result of a moral failing, poor judgment, or weakness—it is a chronic condition that requires lifelong maintenance,” Dr. Lawrence Weinstein said.

Drug addiction, spanning from alcohol and marijuana to cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin shows surprisingly similar effects in the addicted brain, according to a new review

Research shows that eating disorders often correlate with substance abuse. This article talks about that correlation and how to find help for both issues.

How to fight drug addiction: following on from efforts to combat opioid addiction with prescription drugs, drugs are being developed by cocaine addiction.