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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Emotional Highs and Lows of Cocaine Abuse
There are specific and understandable reasons that drive people to abuse cocaine over and over again. These have to do with the short term effects the user considers desirable. Cocaine use produces a fast euphoria accompanied by a sense of … Continue reading
Cocaine is Popular as a Party Drug but Use Can Still Result in Disaster
While cocaine has been around for many decades, abuse of this drug in the US really kicked into high gear in the 1980s. It took a little longer for usage rates to climb in Europe because of the distance from … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, cocaine, narconon, party drug, rehab
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Crack Cocaine Creates Urgent Need for Cocaine Addiction Rehab
Every drug that creates addiction has the potential to be highly destructive, but crack cocaine stands among the worst. According to the Medical University of South Carolina, the use of crack cocaine is often associated with more severe and frequent … Continue reading
New Study Reveals Alcohol is Never Safe During Pregnancy
Opinions have varied widely on when it’s acceptable for a pregnant woman to drink. It wasn’t until 1973 that researchers identified Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), that collection of symptoms that show up in newborns when mothers drink, usually heavily, during … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, drinking, narconon, pregnant, rehab, safe, treatment
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Mixing Cocaine with Other Drugs Contributes to Higher Adverse Effects
While it’s probably very hard for a non-drug user to understand the possible benefits of mixing addictive drugs, polydrug use is a very common phenomenon. According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, polydrug use represents a … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, cocaine, heroin, mixing, narconon, rehab
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Cocaine is Bad for One’s Heart – in More Ways than One
An article on the American Heart Association’s website outlines the various ways that cocaine is destructive for a user’s heart. According to the article “The Effects of Acute and Chronic Cocaine Use on the Heart,” cocaine is toxic to the … Continue reading
Cocaine Has Destructive Physical Effects Over and Above the Potential to Create Addiction
It’s well known that repeated use of cocaine can turn a person into an addict. What some people may not realize is that the drug itself has harsh physical effects. In fact, these effects can be so strenuous as to … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, cocaine, narconon, physical effects, rehab
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Parents Can Be First Line Defense Against Teen Prescription Drug Use
By the time American children are through with high school, more than 50% of them have abused an illicit drug or a prescription drug. Approximately 60% of American students have drunk alcohol by the time they graduate from high school, … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, narconon, prescription drug, rehab, teen
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With More than Half of All High School Students Abusing Drugs, Should Parents be Using More Drug Tests?
Parents should take note of recent reports on drug abuse among teens and young adults and also those that find that when parents speak out against drug abuse, drug abuse statistics are lower. According to the most recent Monitoring the … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, drug, education, kids, narconon, prevention, students
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A Growing Tragedy Manifests Itself in Addiction to Painkiller Medications
For many people, this addiction starts with the use of pain medication after an injury or surgery or maybe just a tooth extraction. The pain may be real in the beginning but the painkiller use goes on after the pain … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, killer, medication, narconon, pain, pills, rehab
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