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Summertime Drug Use
Reviewed by: gbaumbach According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, approximately 3 million people in the United States tried LSD, marijuana, cocaine, or ecstasy for the first time in 2017. Many of those first-timers were teenagers. So, what if we could know the time of year
Is the Federal Government Going to Stay in the Fight on Opioid Addiction?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach For the first time since 1990, deaths from drug overdoses dropped last year from the year before. Why the drop? Prescription opioid overdose deaths declined (though sadly, Fentanyl deaths continue to climb). So, some progress is being made. And according to experts in the field, it’s being
Chinese Take Lead on Controversial New Treatment for Drug Addiction
Reviewed by: gbaumbach China has long been a country with a troubled history in experimental treatments for drug addiction. They are now attempting to add another option. This treatment involves brain surgery to insert electrodes into the brains of addicts. There are currently eight studies being conducted on this approach
Alcoholism and Its Genetic Roots
Reviewed by: gbaumbach For hundreds of years, cultures all over the world have viewed alcoholism (or alcohol use disorder as it is now called) as a moral failing – a problem of succumbing to temptation. Seemed reasonable. After all – why was it that some people had a drinking problem
Could Adolescent Drinking Lead to Emotional Problems Later?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach The health risks of excessive drinking are well known. Now scientists are beginning to explore the impact of both consumption and binge drinking on brain development in adolescents. And what they’re finding is troubling. Researchers from the University of Chicago have just released the results of a
Are Insurance Plans Making It Harder for Addicts to Receive Medication Assisted Treatment?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach It's an increasingly accepted notion in medical circles that medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder improves the odds of recovery and saves lives. Given this fact, one would think gaining access to this level of care would be easy. Well, according to researchers at Oregon Health and
Opioid Drug Makers Facing Same Treatment Big Tobacco Received.
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Mike Moore used to be the Attorney General for the state of Mississippi. He is also the guy who decided to sue Big Tobacco for lying about nicotine addiction and to hold them accountable for the health-care costs of sick smokers. Though derided and told he had
Groundbreaking Opioid Addiction Treatment Program Arrives in Maine
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Aware Recovery Care, an innovative and promising drug and alcohol addiction treatment program created in concert with addiction specialists at Yale University, has opened its doors in Maine. The program is unique in the nation. Aware Recovery Care’s unique and innovative in-home addiction treatment program was founded
Alcohol and Pregnancy – the Tragic Costs
Reviewed by: gbaumbach It’s an established fact that no amount of alcohol consumed by an expectant mom during pregnancy is good for the infant. For expectant moms who suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependency – the impact on the child is often very grave, producing children with a condition called
Incredibly – FDA Approves New Opioid Ten Times More Powerful Than Fentanyl
Reviewed by: gbaumbach These are the FACTS about America’s problem with opioids… Approximately 40,000 Americans are now dying annually from opioid overdoses. That’s approximately 115 people every single day. More than two million Americans are now addicted to opioids. Americans make up 5% of the world’s population – but consume
A Root Cause of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Reviewed by: gbaumbach For decades, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of addiction, how it gets started, and why it often persists so stubbornly. And for years, there’s been a theory that a chemical in the human nervous system called dopamine lies at the core of that mystery.
Drug Deaths Continue to Rise…
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Sadly – the drug addiction crisis in America continues to roar ahead – seemingly unabated. In data recently released by the Centers for Disease Control, bleak new estimates put the number of drug overdose deaths in 2017 at 72,000. That number is not a typo. The Vietnam