Many people who enter professional, intensive rehabilitation programs have plenty of questions. Understanding what medical detox entails can help you determine whether or not you need this service before you start therapy. What is Medical Detox? Detox, or...
While drug abuse can lead to devastating consequences in situations of addiction, our culture currently normalizes high levels of casual and medicinal drug use. It’s important to never use highly addictive substances without a prescription and to apply strict...
Heroin has an infamous reputation as one of the hardest drugs, and it’s well-earned. However, this reputation can isolate people in your life who are quietly struggling with addiction. Many people manage to hide their addiction, at least temporarily. However,...
While addiction is a serious problem, there’s one major question that people have when they realize that drug abuse is much more common than drug addiction. For instance, it’s likely that as many as 40 million American adults have tried cocaine at one...
Methadone is a drug used to treat opiod addiction. It is a long-acting opiod agonist that reduces opiod cravings and withdrawal symptoms. It also blocks the effects of opiods in someone currently using. Methadone is safe when it is used in a clinical setting and also...
Many addicts and their families know intuitively that drugs have a profound effect on the brain. But just exactly how do drugs and drug addiction damage the brain? Drugs can make profound, and sometimes irreversible, changes to the brain chemistry and neural pathways....
