Articles By: Drug Addiction

When Your Loved One Wants to Leave Treatment

Treatment for addiction is hard work. Depending on the type of addiction, and in cases in which there are co-occurring disorders and multiple addictions, it is harder for some than for others. In all cases, however, there’s a critical tipping point that loved ones and supporters of the addict need...
February 1st, 2010 | | Read More

Caution: Entering the Drug Addict’s Spin Zone

Drug addicts will lie and tell you anything they think you want to hear, or that they feel they have to say at the moment. This isn’t a fantasy. It’s a fact. Even the most docile, mild-mannered, unassuming person can’t control what comes out of their mouth once they’re in the grip of addiction....
December 30th, 2009 | | Read More

EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

When a person experiences a traumatic event they often internalize the event and re-experience it. In effect, they are not only traumatized during the “activating” event, but every time something triggers a memory of the event. A traumatic event is an experience that causes physical, emotional,...
June 22nd, 2009 | Addiction Therapies | Read More

Club Drugs: Harmless ‘Fun’ or Dangerous Game?

There is a common perception that “club drugs” are harmless and meant for just having fun at parties. More and more young, and not so young, people today are leading increasingly frenetic social lives and looking to maximize the “fun” experience while they can. In the process...
May 18th, 2009 | Club Drugs | Read More

Corey Haim Dies of Apparent Prescription Drug Overdose

Former teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police. Haim, who has battled an addiction to prescription drugs for years, collapsed in the bedroom of his mother’s Oakwood apartment just before 1 a.m., police sources told TMZ.com.
March 10th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Beyoncé Offers Cosmetology Training for Recovering Addicts

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her mother, Tina Knowles, came to Brooklyn last week to announce the funding and opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center, which provides a seven-month cosmetology course for recovering addicts.
March 9th, 2010 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Women and Methamphetamine Use

The ratios of men to women who use particular substances vary greatly and generally statistics show a significant trend toward more substance use by males for all classes of substances. For example, the ratio of men to women who use heroin is close to 3: 1 while the proportion of men to women users of...
March 8th, 2010 | Street Drug Addiction | Read More

Prescription Drug Abuse and Chronic Pain among NFL Players

While cases of performance-enhancing substance abuse by professional athletes are not unfamiliar to national headlines, what may go unnoticed is the flip-side to the story: drug dependency among pain-stricken athletes. Participating in the most grueling and physically demanding contact sport, American...
March 6th, 2010 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, and Deportability

Foreign nationals who appear at a US entry, but are inadmissible, are typically deported back to their home country. Foreign nationals who are already in the US are also subject to deportation if they engage in prohibited activity while here. Deportation of foreign nationals is regulated by Immigration...
March 4th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Long-Term Marijuana Use and Psychosis

Young adults who have used cannabis or marijuana for a longer period of time appear more likely to have hallucinations or delusions or to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report posted online that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives...
March 2nd, 2010 | Marijuana Addiction | Read More