IDENTIFYING ADDICTION

DRUG REHABILITATION

Ohio Detective’s Story Shows Parents How to Detect Addiction

In 2016, Ohio police detective Bud Lytle suddenly realized that he had been missing the signs that his daughter Taylor was addicted to painkillers.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Identifying Drug Use Could be #1 Parenting Skill of the Future

It’s a story that has played out far too often: A teenager dies of an overdose but the family is blindsided. “He never used a drug before!” says mother. Maybe – maybe not. Identifying the mental, emotional and behavioral changes drug use makes...

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Save Your Teen by Spotting Changes that Result from Drug Use

Far too often, drug use progresses to addiction and even an overdose death without a parent realizing what the real problem was. It’s more important than ever that a parent know how to identify the mental, emotional and behavioral changes that occur...

DRUG REHABILITATION

Is it Addiction? - How to Tell if This Problem Exists in Your Family

Have you ever known someone who was addicted to either drugs or alcohol? If you did, the chances are pretty good that the problem went on for quite a long time before it got fixed, if it ever did get fixed.

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The Most Common Signs of Substance Abuse

Have you ever heard of a “super-frequent user” in the context of medicine and health? Doctors and others in the field use that term to refer to those patients who they see all the time in the emergency room, specifically those who end up in the ER...

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Those Having Weight Loss Surgery Should Be Warned About Drug Abuse Risks

Weight loss surgery may increase the risk of substance abuse, a recent study shows. Certainly, it is tied to increased use of drugs and alcohol. Researchers collected surveys from 132 women and 23 men, all patients of bariatric surgery (used to treat obesity).