Benzos and Opioids
Steadily growing in use over the past 10 years, Benzodiazepines (often called “benzos”) have moved to a noticeable and concerning level of use. In fact, it’s reached the point [...]
Five reasons why Kratom is a dangerous attempt at stopping opioid addiction
A very popular current notion of how best to treat opioid addiction is through Kratom, which is derived from a tropical tree in Southeast Asia. For hundreds of years, [...]
ADDICTION AND INCARCERATION: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
ADDICTION AND INCARCERATION - What is the Right Approach? It is estimated nearly 50 percent of state and federal prisoners abuse or are addicted to drugs, [...]
THE DIFFICULT DISCUSSION; USING FACTS, NOT ONLY EMOTION, TO INTERVENE
What is the Best Way to Intervene? One of the most challenging conversations anyone can have is to try convincing an addict of these basic facts. [...]
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OPIOIDS AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
Matchup of statistic data should be watched closely Although not much is clinically documented about the combination of opioid abuse with serious mental illness, there are [...]
BEWARE OF ADDICTIVE, DEADLY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
Be Wary Of Deadly Prescription Medications That May Kill You When it comes to pain management following an illness, an injury or a medical procedure, many patients [...]
CONTINUING THE PATH TO RECOVERY AFTER ADDICTION TREATMENT
You’ve worked hard to get clean, going through your rehab program to end your drug addiction. That’s great news…but of course, the work is just beginning Fixing [...]
