Heroin is causing big problems in the windy city. According to a recent study, Chicago has one of the largest problems with heroin and the problems associated with its use. Taking into account every other metropolitan region in the country, Chicago ranks at the top.
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No one is surprised when illegal drugs are connected to crime. What may surprise people is that legal prescription medications are also increasingly linked to criminal behavior.
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According to a new report, widely prescribed painkiller Oxycodone has seen a sharp rise in prescriptions over the past three years in New York. New York State Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman issued a report showing drug use of Oxycodone rose 82 percent and hopes legislature will take some action.
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If you know anyone who has ever been addicted to drugs or alcohol, you know what a hard habit it is to break. You’ve probably also seen what it does to their body. Addictions are extremely hard to break and place a very strong hold on the person who’s addicted. Addicts can take the first step in taking control back over their lives if they find the right detox center.
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Cocaine is a drug which produces extreme effects upon both a person’s mind and their body. The impact upon the brain is so intense that the drug actually changes the normal function of the brain. The body experiences short-term effects but is also impacted long-term, sometimes in ways that last for the remainder of a person’s life.
There appears to be a correlation between addictive behavior and people with mental health issues. At least 40 percent of those unable to process their emotions or cope with stresses in a normal way are more apt to abuse drugs and alcohol, according to a recent study. The results of the study along with ways to treat substance abuse problems were recently discussed in a health article online.
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Thanks to a greater understanding of many illnesses, more drugs available for treatment, and the improved diagnostic procedures in healthcare, the elderly are taking many more prescriptions today than ever before. Although this means they have more options for living a healthy, comfortable, and longer life, there are many negative connotations that go along with these advances in medicine. One of these is that the availability of all these medications increases the risk for prescription drug abuse in the elderly.
When you decide to get help for your addiction, one of the first decisions you have to make is where to seek treatment. To make this decision, you will have to determine the type of rehab program you want to participate in. Two of the possibilities are a traditional rehabilitation program or a Christian rehabilitation program. While there are quite a few similarities between these two types, there are also some very important differences to consider.
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency keeps track of all the drugs seized each year in order to determine which drugs are being abused and where. Those DEA statistics tell us that oxycodone is more abused than any other drug in the country, closely followed by hydrocodone. These drugs are opiate narcotics, so called because of their chemical similarity to opium. Opiates include heroin, morphine, oxycodone, methadone, codeine and hydromorphone. These drugs are effective in blunting moderate to severe pain, but also provide the opiate-related sensations of pleasure and well-being that are highly addictive.
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It used to be that when people talked about drug abuse and addiction, they were typically referring to street drugs like cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamines. However, in recent years there has been a growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and addiction. According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), deaths caused by an overdose of prescription pain medication now exceed those from cocaine and heroin combined in the U.S.
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