Prescription Drugs and Pain: the Self-Defeating Loop

Prescription Drugs and Pain: the Self-Defeating Loop

Prescription drugs and pain seem to go together like baseball and hot dogs, but unlike the latter, the former is anything but healthy – when used indiscriminately...
Why Does Someone Become Addicted?

Why Does Someone Become Addicted?

When you have a loved one or someone you care about that is addicted, it’s often frustrating and confusing to figure out why. What caused the addiction?...
Can We Cure Addiction?

Can We Cure Addiction?

Addiction has plagued civilization for thousands of years, pre-dating the legendary conqueror, Alexander the Great, and the Greek and Roman empires. As...
Possible Consequences of Not Getting Treatment for Addiction

Possible Consequences of Not Getting Treatment for Addiction

Sometimes being the take-charge individual who has to do everything on his or her own is not the way to go. This is particularly true when it comes to...
20 Signs You May Be Living With an Addict

20 Signs You May Be Living With an Addict

The interesting thing about drug addiction is that it does not play favorites. We may think we can identify the drug user or addict by a specific stereotype,...
Ativan’s Sedative Properties Can be Quickly Addictive

Ativan’s Sedative Properties Can be Quickly Addictive

Millions of people experience levels of anxiety that are life disrupting, and Ativan is a prescription drug becoming more common for these patients. Officially...

Prescription Drugs and Pain: the Self-Defeating Loop

— August 27, 2010 at 4:00 am
Prescription drugs and pain seem to go together like baseball and hot dogs, but unlike the latter, the former is anything but healthy – when used indiscriminately or for too long. The fact is that overuse of prescription drugs can put you into a self-defeating loop. Here’s what can happen. You have pain, so you take prescription drugs to relieve it. This works for a while, but you figure, what the heck,...

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Addiction in the Media

National Study Finds Jump in Drug Use in Public Middle and High Schools

National Study Finds Jump in Drug Use in Public Middle and High Schools
Researchers have found that public school students nationwide are experiencing more gang violence and drug use than ever...
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Aug 24, 2010 4:00

Street Drug Addiction

Women and Methamphetamine Use

Women and Methamphetamine Use
The ratios of men to women who use particular substances vary greatly and generally statistics show a significant trend toward...
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Mar 8, 2010 4:00

Marijuana Addiction

How Would the Legalization of Marijuana Impact California?

How Would the Legalization of Marijuana Impact California?
The idea of legalizing marijuana has been argued for years and many believed it was simply the rights of the “pot-heads”...
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Jul 19, 2010 4:00

Prescription Drug Addiction

Ativan’s Sedative Properties Can be Quickly Addictive

Ativan’s Sedative Properties Can be Quickly Addictive
Millions of people experience levels of anxiety that are life disrupting, and Ativan is a prescription drug becoming more...
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Sep 2, 2010 4:00

Recent Articles

Ativan’s Sedative Properties Can be Quickly Addictive

Millions of people experience levels of anxiety that are life disrupting, and Ativan is a prescription drug becoming more common for these patients. Officially known as Lorazepam, Ativan can also be used for sleeplessness, withdrawal from alcohol addiction, children’s seizures and for helping with...
September 2nd, 2010 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

DEA Announces National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has teamed up with state and local law enforcement, government, public health, and community organizations to establish the first National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Americans across the country will be able to return...
September 1st, 2010 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

How Drug Addiction Begins

The common perception of a drug addict is often cast by stereotypes. Generally, we imagine a drug problem beginning with a creepy guy prowling around in a dark alley offering drugs to nicely dressed teenagers who fall prey to his tricky ways.
August 30th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

Physician suspected of illegally dealing prescription drugs/powerful narcotics to addicts, some of whom died of overdoses http://ow.ly/2vZwP #Powered by Twitter Tools
August 29th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Drug-Related Assaults in the ER Increasing

Individuals who enter the emergency room under the influence of drugs or alcohol may not behave according to normal health care protocol. Nurses attending to these individuals know this firsthand as they often get the brunt of abuse from such individuals if an encounter turns violent.
August 26th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More
  • The Stigma of Drug Addiction Hampers Policy Changes in the UK
    August 26, 2010 4:00

    A recent report in the UK showed that drug abusers and even former users who are now in recovery from drug addiction are considered “dangerous, unpredictable and only having themselves to blame.”


  • Texas at Risk of Increasing Costs Due to Cuts in Drug Programs
    August 25, 2010 4:00

    As state and local governments throughout the country have felt – and continue to feel – the affects of budget crunches as a result of the recession that rattled the economic stability in 2008, certain programs are targeted for elimination in order to keep things on track. When that program...


  • How Does Addiction Affect the Family?
    August 25, 2010 4:00

    It’s often said that addiction is a family disease. That means that everyone in the family is affected by one member’s addiction. How can that be? Addiction can’t hide in the closet, hidden from view of other family members. Whether the loved one with addiction is an alcoholic, does...


  • National Study Finds Jump in Drug Use in Public Middle and High Schools
    August 24, 2010 4:00

    Researchers have found that public school students nationwide are experiencing more gang violence and drug use than ever before, according to recent data.


  • Finding Love after Sexual Abuse and Addiction
    August 20, 2010 7:00

    Sexual abuse and addiction are a double whammy. Which came first can seem irrelevant in the scheme of things when it’s your life under consideration. All you know is that you have a world of hurt, and it’s easier to escape in booze or pills or shooting dope than to face the horrid reality that your...