BEST COMEDY SKETCHES ABOUT DRUG USE
With all the torment of withdrawal and recovery you have to endure during the healing process, sometimes laughter can really serve as the best type of medicine. After all, comedy opens up the door for us to laugh at our problems, as mild or severe as they may be, and can also bring us closer […]
A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW ILLEGAL DRUGS LEAK INTO REMOTE AUSTRALIA
When you take a closer look at the wild world of Australia, you can easily understand how illegal drug trading could easily take place in a continent like this. On the east, sweeping jungles trace through steep, smoky mountains. Across the center and the west of the Land Down Under, a massive landscape of burning […]
DR. WILLIAM STEWART HALSTED’S UNFORTUNATE CASE OF ADDICTION
To understand the significance of our modern medical practices, all you have to do is look at the accomplishments of Dr. William Stewart Halsted. Considered a true Renaissance man during his lifetime, Halsted improved the fundamentals for training surgeons in America and performed some of the earliest biliary tract procedures (e.g. the plate and buried […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO ABOUT DEADLY SPEEDBALLS
When you consider how dangerous heroin, an opioid painkiller, and cocaine, a stimulant, are as separate substances, imagine the potency and danger of a concoction that mixes these two drugs together. Combining the potency of a synthetic painkiller with the chemical boost of a stimulant results in a deadly mixture known as a speedball. Whether […]
ONLY 1% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS USE THE “ZOMBIE DRUG” CALLED FLAKKA
Back in 2014 and 2015, the State of Florida experienced a string of 80 deaths linked to a bizarre substance called flakka (also known as Alpha-PVP). What is flakka, you ask? Imagine a drug with all the potency of cocaine and the power of methamphetamines that completely warps the brain and makes a person feel […]
OCCASIONAL DRUG USE IS STILL DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR
“Just one try won’t hurt” is a phrase that can ultimately lead to disaster. After all, one shot of vodka or a little puff of cocaine won’t do any harm, right? In short, you could probably predict the answer was “no” from a mile away, and for good reason. Particularly among young adults and teens, […]
THE FRIGHTENING COCKTAIL OF POLYSUBSTANCE USE
Drug addiction and alcoholism are dangerous enough as it is, so imagine how frightening and deadly polysubstance abuse or addiction can prove to be. If you have read through the multiple small line of text on your prescriptions, you may have noticed a key order: never mix your drugs with alcohol (for a very good […]
MEET THE COCAINE-INSPIRED HAMBURGER AT AN EDGY RESTAURANT
For a moment, imagine that you sat down in a hip but seemingly ordinary restaurant to meet some of your friends. After catching up on the week, you get the menu and try to decide what to get. Once the food has been ordered and (after a long wait) brought to you, you prepare to […]
MODEL AMBER VALLETTA DISCUSSES HER STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION
For a moment, imagine the difficulties of being a member of the modeling industry. Besides an influx of reporters and photographers wanting to snap your picture at every given second, you have to attend a multitude of photo shoots, deal with angry designers, and wake up in the wee hours of the morning to prepare […]
TOM HARDY DISCUSSES HIS BIG-TIME TROUBLE WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
It’s no secret that Tom Hardy has struggled with addiction. When you think about the string of action stars and leading men in movies today, the actor definitely stands out from the crowd. First captivating science fiction fans in Star Trek: Nemesis, this immensely talented actor has managed to leave audiences spellbound or make them […]
