Lafayette, Ga is starting their own program to help with drug addiction amongst their students. “Pill Poison” is set to start to at the high school in Lafayette, Ga. Parents and students are encouraged to attend this informative meeting on ways to address the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
“Pill Poison” is the first installment in [...]
Many recent reports are reporting that more and more individuals are showing up in our ER’s with overdoses on prescription drugs. Many Dr’s are over prescribing the very drugs that are being abused the most. Dr’s need to start realizing that they are the direct link to drug abuse in this country and if they [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse is one of the most scarily accessible drug that there is. Between being able to legally obtain them from a licensed Dr, to being able to purchase them over the internet. Here at Atlanta Recovery Center we are striving along with the Georgia Legislature to stop the ease of being able to [...]
While Brittany Murphy’s death has been ruled from “natural causes”, the fact remains that ten prescription bottles with highly addictive drugs have been found on her nightstand.
Many celebrities have succumbed to prescription drug abuse, whether they died of an accidental overdose or used prescription drugs combined with alcohol, or street drugs such as cocaine and [...]
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, [...]
Teens: Easy to Abuse Prescription Drugs, Often With Deadly Results
Prescription drugs are the most common abused drugs by teens, after marijuana, a study has recently shown.
This is not surprising, as prescription drugs are normally easily available, found in medicine cabinets at home. These prescription drugs, usually opiates such as OxyContin or Percocet, or benzodiazepines, such [...]
Benzodiazepine abuse, such as Xanax, Valium, and Ativan, can cause addiction, even death, and withdrawals often need medical intervention.
Benzos, or benzodiazepines, are a class of psychoactive drugs with varying hypnotic, sedative, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and amnesic properties. Sold as Xanax (alprazolam), Librium (chlordiazepoxide), Valium (diazepam), and Ativan (lorazepam), these slow down the central [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse Causes Rising Death Tolls
There is a common misconception that prescription drugs, because they are prescribed by a doctor, are safe, and for someone who has just undergone surgery or has gone to a doctor for a sprain, prescription drugs can be a God-send.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that [...]
Drug Rehab Warns Public on Addictive OxyContin Prescription Medications
Oxycontin is an opioid analgesic, or narcotic. It comes in doses of 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80mg. The manufacturer is no longer shipping the 160mg doses because too many people have overdosed on them and died.
Oxycontin is a 12 hour time release medication. Normally pain [...]
