Political campaigns can get downright nasty. Whether it’s for president of the United States or a small-town mayor, you can bet that there will be mud-slinging and skeletons dragged out of closets. Hardly…
WHAT IS RECOVERY?
- OnJuly 31, 2018
We say that you’re in recovery after you’ve finished treatment for a substance use disorder, but what does that really mean? Are you in recovery as soon as you check out of inpatient…
HARD AND SOFT DRUGS
- OnJuly 31, 2018
You might have heard drugs referred to as hard or soft. “Hard” implies something particularly bad or strong, the way that hard liquor has a high alcohol content, but what does this actually…
MARIJUANA-DERIVED MEDICATIONS
- OnJuly 30, 2018
At the beginning of July 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a drug called Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures and two rare types of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome…
THE TEN MOST ADDICTIVE DRUGS
- OnJuly 30, 2018
There are a variety of factors that influence whether someone will develop an addiction and to which drugs. Some people are genetically predisposed. Some people grow up watching a parent binge drink and…
PERSONALITY AND ALCOHOLISM
- OnJuly 30, 2018
Teenage drinking is a dangerous phenomenon. About 5,000 people under age 21 die each year due to alcohol-related events, and according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, teens who begin drinking…
OPIOID ADDICTION AND PRISON
- OnJuly 28, 2018
People addicted to prescription opioids or heroin are up to 13 times more likely to have problems with the law than those who don’t use these drugs, according to a study from July…
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITH RAT POISON
- OnJuly 28, 2018
In July 2018, the FDA issued a warning about the addition of rat poison to synthetic cannabinoid products such as K2 and Spice. Earlier in the year, there was a rash of overdoses and…
Drug Use and Body Temperature
- OnJuly 28, 2018
Drug use can affect many different systems in the brain. We know that the frontal cortex, or the area of the brain where risks and benefits are weighed and decisions are made, is…