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Heroin Addiction Can Transform a Productive Life into a Disaster
How does heroin addiction start? Usually by one person who already uses heroin telling a non-user that they really need to try this drug. It might start out with smoking because most people attach less stigma to heroin used this … Continue reading
Alcohol Withdrawal Dangers Mean that Getting Sober Requires Professional Help
For most people who are addicted, there are those moments where the addicted person wants sobriety more than anything in the world. It might be early in the morning, when the person is starting to sober up and they realize … Continue reading
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Could LSD be Offered as a New Treatment for Alcoholism? Is That Even a Good Idea?
Those trying to overcome alcoholism may struggle with this problem for years before they find the right treatment to help end the battle. But along the way, they could encounter treatment that does more damage than the disease. In a … Continue reading
While Crack Cocaine Initiates Have Dropped Dramatically, this Addictive Drug is Still Ruining Lives
Between the mid-1980s and 2002, hundreds of thousands of Americans started using crack cocaine each year. This number finally began to decline and by 2010, fewer than 100,000 people were starting to use crack cocaine each year. This is one … Continue reading
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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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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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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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