Florida Drug Rehab
For people in Florida who are physically addicted to certain drugs, detox is the process of purging those substances from the body and lessening the physical cravings. In most cases, detoxing employs...
View ArticleBenefits of drug rehabilitation over a penal system approach
There have been many studies about how best to handle a society where people can become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Some countries emphasize the penal system to simply incarcerate people with drug...
View ArticleNew Drug Treatment Combats Addiction And HIV Infection
A new dual-purpose vaccine is currently making headway under the development of Dr. Gary R. Matyas at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, M.D. This innovative new...
View ArticleCocaine Addiction May Be Treatable With Drug Treatment Combination
A new pharmaceutical drug combination has shown promise as a new potential drug treatment to fight cocaine addiction. The Scripps Research Institute’s laboratory researchers have found that low doses...
View ArticlePurdue To Test Oxycontin On Children
In the 1990s, Congress passed a law to enable, and even reward drug makers to conduct clinical studies on children. Over a decade ago, Purdue company, the makers of the infamous Oxycontin begun testing...
View ArticleDrug Abuse & The Brain
Drug addiction is now being considered a disease because of the brain changes that occur when a user does drugs, and becomes addicted. This disease affects millions of people worldwide, being one of...
View ArticleBullying Linked To Alcohol Abuse
University of Cincinnati has released a new study that reveals a likely connection between alcohol abuse and bullying in schools. Keith King, UC professor, and Rebecca Vidourek, UC assistant professor,...
View ArticleHow To Properly Dispose Of Unused Medications
Many of us are guilty of having a medicine cabinet filled with unused or expired medications, but most don’t know how to properly dispose of them. Before throwing them all in the trash, be aware that...
View ArticleStudy finds more students choosing marijuana over cigarettes
A new study put out by the Center for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm) reported that the number of high school students using marijuana has surpassed the number number...
View ArticlePrescription drugs surpass illicit drugs in overdose fatalities
Prescription drugs are now the leading cause of fatalities among all forms of drug overdoses. This is according to 2010 statistics that list prescription drugs as being responsible for close to 60...
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