What Are Stimulants?
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia explains what stimulants are and the effect they have on the person abusing them.
“Education is the best tool we have to fight drug addiction,” states Director Mary Rieser, The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia. “The more information we have, the better chance we [...]
Xanax Abused by Many, Causing Xanax Addiction
Many are now finding themselves in a drug rehab, unwittingly becoming addicted to prescription drugs.
Myra, a housewife, mother of 4, and grandmother to two, tells her story of her life before coming to The Atlanta Recovery Center to get help to quit her Xanax addiction:
I had a great life, [...]
Children Less Likely to Use Illegal Drugs If Parents Enforce Clear Rules
Drug abuse and drug addiction are one of many things that parents have to worry about when raising their children.
“Parents are often worried about their child’s grades, who their friends are, and making sure they grow up right,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of [...]
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab Trains Local Churches
In growing momentum as drug addiction affects parishioners, another local church turned to The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia for help.
A local church in Marietta, Georgia, hearing of the successful training delivered to other churches in the area, contacted The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab [...]
Cough Medicine Addiction Common in Teens, Military
Cough medicine, found in drug stores or supermarkets, is helpful in the upcoming flu season. However, what many people don’t realize is that many cough medicines contain DXM.
Dextromethorphan, or “DXM” is an ingredient found in many over-the-counter cold medicines. However, DXM can produce a high similar to LSD. When [...]
These debates in the US Today regarding legalization of marijuana are interesting.
To be completely and adequately answered as regards the safety of the public, the right people need to be interviewed and the right stats need to be reviewed.
Safety is relevant here and the number of persons who went on to abuse other drugs would [...]
Conferences like this one held recently in El Paso, Texas that examine current policy regarding the War on Drugs are important if there is to be any forward progress on the drug problem.
Whether we call it a war or not, the current and long term policies and procedures regarding drug abuse have been a failure [...]
The online data base referred to in this article is not only an excellent idea- it is one that has been a long time coming.
There is no doubt that every state has the capability of creating a data base to follow prescriptions obtained by individuals. In fact, it would be possible to create a national [...]
