Drug Abuse

In July, 2017, a Food and Drug Administration advisory board made up of doctors and researchers voted 18-8 to pull Opana ER from the market, based upon findings that the risks of the drug outweighed the benefits. The FDA made a statement that this was the first time they had taken the unusual and dramatic step of Read more »

On October 26, 2017, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a “public health emergency.” The announcement will cause the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to take concrete steps to combat the epidemic of opiate addiction in America, steps such as improving telemedicine services for people in rural areas, grants to help those displaced by Read more »

The National Governor’s Association recently requested help from the federal government stemming the tide of the epidemic of painkiller abuse across the US. Days ago, the President declined that request. Why are state governors so concerned with opioids when marijuana makes such great news? Painkillers cost businesses in their states billions of dollars each year. Read more »

How many times have we taken sedatives without doctors’ prescription just to sleep better or a painkiller prescribed to someone else to curb that ridiculous pain? The answer, unfortunately is, “quite often.” Prescription drugs are largely misused by teens and students. They usually have many ways to do it and more than one reason to start Read more »

These days, more and more individuals have become interested in learning about the physical and psychological effects that long-term use of marijuana can have on them. Specifically, many people want to know whether they can become addicted to marijuana. By reading the information provided below, you can attain an answer to this important question as Read more »

Derived from the long-used narcotic opium, heroin possesses even stronger mind-altering and addictive qualities than its predecessor. Given that this is accomplished by the drug from its interaction with opioid receptors in the body, it can be expected that the drug will physically affect the body. In addition, heroin has secondary means of inflicting physiological Read more »

Alcohol abuse continues to be a growing problem in the world today, with the number of individuals suffering from alcohol abuse increasing every year. What’s also increasing every year is the number of children who are abusing alcohol. Alcohol abuse is different from both alcoholism and alcohol addiction. A key factor to fixing alcohol abuse Read more »

Synthetic marijuana is a manufactured version of cannabis that was sold legally under many different names. It contains dried plant material and chemicals additives to induce a mind altering high. Many young people wanted to use synthetic marijuana because it is not detectable in standard drug tests. This drug can affect the body in several Read more »