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Psychosis often the effect of long-term, recreational marijuana use
Brain Damages –
June 15, 2018 - Diego was a 20-year-old college junior who was brought to the emergency room by the police. They were called by his resident advisor for bizarre behavior in the dormitory. Diego was anxio... Read More...
5 Differences Between Binge Drinking & High-Functioning Alcoholism
Good to Know –
June 6, 2018 - On the surface, the behavior of alcoholics and binge drinkers appears very similar: excessive drinking and the inability to control their drinking,” Kristin Wilson, MA, LPC, Vice President ... Read More...
Toddlers are eating more sugar than the maximum amount recommended for adults
Sugar Babies –
June 11, 2018 - We’ve long known that processed sugar is bad for kids. And yet new data presented this week (June 10) at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting show that American infants are ... Read More...
Local church opens doors for recovered addicts looking to baptism
Splash Mountain? –
June 10, 2018 - The center helps men turn their lives around through a 6-12 month program. Cory Johnson, Michael Byrd, and Mark Parrett say though addiction is something few can understand, they appre... Read More...
9-year-old daughter sent to rehab after she became addicted to playing ‘Fortnite’
For 2 Weeks? –
June 4, 2018 - A nine-year-old girl living in the UK was sent to an addiction rehabilitation program after becoming addicted to “Fortnite,” the wildly popular video game with more than 125 million players... Read More...
The Creative Arts Comfort and Heal During Chaotic Times by Ericha Scott, Ph.D
Beauty Saves Lives –
May 2018 - We are living in complicated and difficult times. We are all affected by what is happening on the world stage, regardless of nationality, political affiliation, gender, age, race or relig... Read More...
Dad Overcame a Heroin Addiction. Then His Son Started Taking Painkillers.
All in the Family –
June 14, 2018 - Decades ago, Rick Dyer, 66, was using 48 to 50 bags of heroin a day. When he finally got sober, it was after experiencing the agonies of withdrawal in a Massachusetts jail cell. Rick,... Read More...
New strategy in suing opioid maker blamed for addiction crisis: Target the family who runs it
The American Holocausters –
June 16, 2018 - Now the Sackler name is front and center in a lawsuit accusing the family and the company they own and run, Purdue Pharma, of helping to fuel the deadly opioid crisis that has... Read More...
Feds: Woman ran buprenorphine treatment clinics as ‘cash business’
The Business of Treatment? –
June 11, 2018 - A federal grand jury indicted a Washington County woman on charges of unlawfully dispensing drugs and health care fraud. Federal prosecutors said Monday that Jennifer Hess, t... Read More...
Ariana Grande’s Brother Marks One Year of Sobriety with Powerful Letter
Clean and Supreme –
June 16, 2018 - After the tragic events of Manchester, with the senseless loss of life and the fear that came from knowing my family was unsafe and that I was completely powerless to protect them, I ... Read More...
Sex and Drugs Decline Among Teens, but Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Grow
Good News, Bad News –
June 14, 2018 - One in seven high school students reported misusing prescription opioids, one of several disturbing results in a nationwide survey of teenagers that revealed a growing sense of fear... Read More...
Patrick Melrose gets to the painful, sickening truth about addiction – it all starts with the parents
TV is Addictive Too –
June 11, 2018 - Which is the truest portrait of addiction on screen? There is Nick Cage in Leaving Las Vegas dying in the arms of a prostitute – but I didn’t believe in the prostitute. There is Ric... Read More...
Man sentenced to drug treatment for killing man in deadly hit-and-run
That Disease Sure Comes in Handy –
June 13, 2018 - A man who pleaded no contest in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in a North Hills crosswalk and an ensuing police pursuit that ended in Paci... Read More...
