It is not unusual for the terms “abuse” and “addiction” to be used interchangeably when talking about drug or alcohol use. However, the two are actually very different conditions, with addiction being the more serious of the two. It is…
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Good Teens Turned Drug Addicts
The ugly side of prescription painkillers—and how you could get hooked. By Elizabeth Foy Larsen The afternoon of her grandmother’s funeral, Brittany, 19, sat on the bed in what used to be her grandmother’s room, relieved to have finally snuck…
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month?
Why do we recognize National Substance Abuse Prevention Month? Every day, far too many Americans are hurt by alcohol and drug abuse. From diminished achievement in our schools to greater risks in our roads and in our communities, to the…
Drug addiction viewed more negatively than mental illness, Johns Hopkins study shows
While both are treatable health conditions, stigma of addiction much more pronounced, seen as ‘moral failing,’ researchers say Stephanie Desmon and Susan Morrow / October 1, 2014 Posted in Health, Politics+Society People are significantly more likely to have negative attitudes toward those dealing with…
White House Drug Policy Acting Director Announces Designation of 26 Cities and Counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
White House Drug Policy Acting Director Announces Designation of 26 Cities and Counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Cities and Counties will Receive Additional Support from Federal Program Designed to Disrupt Drug Trafficking through Coordinated Approaches to Enforcement…
US drug czar promotes shift to treatment-driven strategy by telling own story about addiction
Article by: DAVE KOLPACK , Associated Press “We are actually spending more now on domestic public health strategies than we are on incarceration strategies,” Botticelli said. “There’s a large acknowledgement that we can’t arrest and incarcerate our way out…
Robin Williams, Bipolar Sufferer, Dead at 63 Due to Suicide
By JOHN M. GROHOL, PSY.D. When a person chooses suicide, it’s hard to accept that choice. Comedian and award-winning actor Robin Williams apparently made that choice earlier this morning. Robin Williams has long suspected to be a sufferer of either depression or bipolar disorder. Bipolar…
What Exactly Are Designer Drugs?
Designer Drugs? What are “designer drugs”? No, it’s not a band – it is a term first made popular during the explosion of the rave and club scene in the 1990s. The idea was to create synthetic drugs mimicking the…
The dangers of painkillers
Special report: The dangers of painkillers Every year, Percocet, Vicodin, and other opioids kill 17,000 Americans and acetaminophen sends 80,000 people to the ER America is in pain—and being killed by its painkillers. It starts with drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet,…
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‘Spice’ is a deadly ingredient
July 31, 2014 Family of teen who died after smoking synthetic pot warns others to stay away from the powerful and unpredictable drug. Loved ones of 19-year-old Connor Eckhardt, from right, his mother Veronica Eckhardt, aunt Terri Mehrguth,…
