The Increasing Potency of the Drug It is not uncommon for individuals to underestimate the potency and power of cocaine. The drug can be snorted, injected, or smoked depending on the variation of the drug that individuals obtain. Many people use cocaine...
When Your Strive For Perfection, Your Mental Health May Be Sacrificed When an individual is striving to reach unattainable goals, they may spiral into depression or cause immense anxiety to the point of causing one to turn to the substance of abuse...
Why You May Be Feeling The Blues And Not Depression The term ‘depression’ is often used loosely to describe feelings of sadness, sorrow, and unhappiness. Depression and feeling sad are two very different things as depression is a long-lived clinical and diagnosable...
Inmates Need Access to Resources Once Released From Prison Many inmates who are locked up behind bars are often there as a result of either being a drug dealer, playing an integral part in the drug dealing operation, or are drug addicts...
Overcoming an Addiction to a Commonly Abused Drug Ketamine, when used illicitly, is a hallucinogen that can be snorted, injected, or ingested in a drink. It is an extremely dangerous drug as it has the effect of putting the individual in a...
The Link Between The Two Close to 50 percent of those who are struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol also struggle with an underlying mental health disorder. This mental illness may not always be diagnosed leaving the individual wondering what...
The State of Your Mental Health Can be the Foundation of Your Addiction Studies have shown that there is a strong connection between mental illness and addiction. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 69 percent of those who suffer...
Learn the tell-tale signs of Drug Addiction in order to help your loved one There are many tell-tale signs of drug addiction that become obvious as the drugs begin to take hold of an addict’s life. Some addicts are more high-functioning than...
Understanding drug abuse and rehab for women Did you know women are more likely to abuse prescription drugs than men, and they are more vulnerable to addiction? Concerning women, drug and alcohol abuse are both gender specific in how they affect the...
