The Risky Business of Southern California Addiction Centers
You probably don’t need us to tell you that addiction treatment is risky business. From the moment you step into a residential treatment facility, you can’t tell if you will reemerge as a healthy person or will plunge back into the darkness of your sickness. After all, the facility is merely there to provide medical, […]
MANY OPIOID USERS ARE NOT AWARE OF A LIFESAVING HELP HOTLINE
Did you know that millions of Americans are currently suffering from a form of opioid addiction? Possibly one of the worst parts about this epidemic sweeping through our country isn’t necessarily the influx of illegal drugs (like heroin and fentanyl) but is (in fact) the simple reality that victims cannot always get the help they […]
LAS VEGAS MARIJUANA TRADE SHOW AIMS TO BOOST AWARENESS FOR THE POT INDUSTRY
Did you ever think a legitimate “pot industry” would fuel a large portion of our economy? Whether you grew up in the 1970s or the 1990s, the chances are high (no pun intended) that you are not surprised in the least. After all, the little green plant has given quite a show this year, winning […]
CONSIDERING IF CBD CAN CALM ESSENTIAL TREMORS
Despite its less than honorable reputation (in the past), the little green plant called marijuana has ascended from an infamous drug to a potentially life-saving medicine in decades. Since the first recorded cancer-alleviation experiment in 1975 to the full-scale fight for a suppressant for AIDS, multiple groups of scientists have studied this fragrant herb in […]
MARIJUANA EQUITY PROGRAM IN OAKLAND PROVIDES FIRST RETAIL STORE
Whenever you think of the marijuana scene, one of the first states that probably comes to mind is our very own California. Nestled along the beautiful Pacific Coast, the Golden States has been the hit scene for the pro-cannabis movement as far back as the 1970s, when Dennis Peron (the Father of Marijuana) started fighting […]
CALIFORNIA DELIVERY DRIVERS TARGETED FOR TRANSPORTING MARIJUANA
In the national debate on marijuana, California serves as one of the frontrunners, fully legalizing recreational and medical uses for the drug. As of March 2018, the Golden State has been joined by seven other states including its Pacific Coast neighbors Washington and Oregon. Recently, California has also announced plans to grow artisan marijuana in […]
OM EDIBLES RECEIVES THE FIRST STATE ANNUAL LICENSE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
When you lay all the cards on the table, California has had a pretty crazy year when it comes to the marijuana debate. Although the Golden State fully legalized the little green plant, new testing standards and seed-to-sale tracking (among other new legal requirements) have put a damper on multiple businesses. (In fact, some companies […]
CHOOSING A QUALITY TREATMENT FACILITY
Making the decision to get help for a drug or alcohol problem is one of the hardest – and most commendable – things you can do. You’ve acknowledged that you have a problem and are prepared to do what it takes to turn your life around. Now comes a step that’s almost as important as […]
Using UMR for Drug and Alcohol Rehab in California
What is Experiential Therapy?
Experiential therapy is a therapeutic technique developed in the 1970s that uses different expressive tools and activities to help a patient reenact or re-experience certain emotional situations from their past. Experiential therapy is a category of hands-on, interactive activities that can supplement traditional substance use disorder treatment, and has also been used in treating trauma, […]
