Think the designer drug craze plagues young people only? Think again. The Navy has gotten tough on sailors who have also quickly caught up with the trend. Keeping Up With the Trends Designer drugs — like bath salts, K2, and … Continue reading
Treatment Solutions interviews Gerald Shulman on identifying drug use in the workplace — and what you can do about it. We will focus on illicit drug use, but we want to emphasize that alcohol is a drug, as well as … Continue reading
One of last year’s Major League Baseball MVPs has been involved in the most public drug test appeals ever, with the results coming in just last week. The Brewers’ left fielder Ryan Braun tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone … Continue reading
The holy season of Lent has begun, and for Christians around the world, this is a time to put a little religion back into our lives. It is a time to ask the hard questions about why we are here, … Continue reading
Thanks to more budget cut proposals, upwards of 37,000 Floridians may not receive treatment for their substance abuse this year. The Daytona News Journal recently reported on the state Senate subcommittee’s recommendations that were sent off to Florida’s Senate Budget … Continue reading
What are we doing to our children? As more and more Americans develop alcohol dependence problems and choose not to get help, more of our country’s children are suffering. Alcoholic Parents Parents are the ones who are supposed to protect … Continue reading
People will go to great lengths to do stupid things. Teens especially are known for casting all common sense aside to follow the mind-numbing crowd. But how do we make our teens different? How do we help our children see … Continue reading
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a medical term used to describe newborn babies who experience symptoms of their mothers’ drug abuse. According to the Tennessean, its respective state is just one of the many states seeing a rise in prescription-related NAS … Continue reading
Many people in America suffer from mental illness and a drug or alcohol addiction that co-occur. These types of disorders often mask one another and can be hard to diagnose and treat. OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety … Continue reading
We often have biases about drug abuse. Maybe we think all drug addicts live on the streets of big cities, or that every rich and famous person does drugs or abuses alcohol, or that all young people will try drugs … Continue reading
