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Tag Archives: addiction
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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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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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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What Will Stop the Increase in Teen Prescription Drug Use?
The recent Monitoring the Future report on young adult and teen prescription drug use makes it very clear that not enough effective actions are being taken to convince young people to avoid abuse of prescription drugs. The 2011 edition of … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, narconon, prescription drugs, rehab, teen
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Colleges Turn Out to Offer Dangers as Well as Educations
The image of a young person, eighteen or so years old, heading off to college is one filled with hope and dreams of accomplishments and future careers. Parents look at their child going off to college with pride, but if … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, alcohol, college, drug use, marijuana, prescription drugs, rehab
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Alternative Rehab for Addiction
When families help an addicted loved one through rehab after rehab with no success, very often they begin to look for a different solution. The traditional rehabs of 28 or 30 days do not give most people time to rebuild … Continue reading
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