Baltimore, MD is looking into the most effective drug addiction treatment centers. With so many statistics to look over this isn’t going to be an easy task. Looking at the amount of inmates that were arrested on drug charges to the amount of people that are admitted to hospitals.
In Baltimore about 40 percent of those [...]
Fergie is openly admitting that she had a problem with drugs and that she is “Blessed to be alive” according to Glamour UK. Fergie is a singer for the pop group Black-Eyed Peas and she has also had a successful solo career as well.
Fergie did not let her drug addiction win and she was able [...]
Administrators at Wesleyan College are doing there part to help with the rising problem of prescription drug abuse among students. Many students have admitted to using a stimulant based prescription drug to enhance performance on tests.
“Wesleyan University does not condone any form of illicit drug use, and our student, academic and professional policies reflect this,” [...]
Did you hear about the recent marijuana bust? 102 tons of marijuana was found in a tunnel that connects Mexico and California. This is a huge victory for DEA agents.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren Mack says Wednesday that the tunnel ran 600 yards under the border near San Diego. It had lighting, ventilation [...]
New York is setting it’s released prisoners up for immediate failure. If the inmate that is released doesn’t get addicted to the suboxone that the state will be supplying they can go and sell it. Either way it’s a recipe for disaster.
Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan opposed the plan. “Hooking inmates on an addictive opiate [...]
Methadone pain management has moved methadone from the clinic to the medicine cabinet. Anyone taking a methadone prescription almost needs a rule book, or perhaps even a chaperone. Methadone can so easily be misused, usually because of misunderstanding leading to a drug addiction.
Through the years the number of methadone prescriptions for pain has increased, with [...]
Reports are coming out and the results aren’t good. There are more children than ever ingesting medications that they should have never had access to.
Parents need to be aware of the dangers lurking in their medicine cabinets at their childs reach. Other studies have shown that the more a child is subjected to drugs the [...]
Have you ever thought what it would be like to have a drug sniffing dog right at your reach? Well, there are services cropping up around the country. Just google drug dogs for hire and you will find many of them.
Fighting drug addiction isn’t easy and this may give parents a new tool to fight [...]
Be careful. That over-the-counter cold medicine you have in your medicine cabinet may have some Dextromethorphan (DXM) in it and DXM can make a person high. You may not know about DXM, but most drug abusers do, so check your medicine cabinet.
DXM can produce a high similar to LSD; including hallucinations, vivid dreams, loss of [...]
Seniors are at risk for drug addiction as much as the younger generations. The risk is very high because many seniors just don’t understand the dangers of taking prescription medications over years. Their body becomes addicted to the medication and at some point they cannot stop taking the medication and before they know it, could [...]
