heroin addict

Inside Denmark's 'Fixing Rooms', Where Nurses Watch as Addicts Inject in Safety

Inside Denmark's 'fixing rooms', where nurses watch as addicts inject in safety "With cocaine you want more and more and more. If you have it, you take it," she said. … But every day that she comes here to inject… Continue reading

Heroin Addiction Rising in Teens

Heroin addiction rising in teens The increase is even larger than the increase due to crack cocaine years ago. "The last dozen or so retail theft people that we've arrested, probably 70 percent of those people are addicted to heroin,"… Continue reading

Guest Column: Marijuana Not a Safe or Effective Medicine

Guest Column: Marijuana not a safe or effective medicine Over a century ago, people bought all sorts of stuff from salesmen selling heroin, cocaine, marijuana — out of the back of a wagon. Often called Snake Oil Salesmen, they sold… Continue reading

Basketball Pro Shares His Inspiring Story of Breaking Free From Heroin Addiction

Basketball Pro Shares His Inspiring Story of Breaking Free From Heroin Addiction “Passages remains a natural choice for professional athletes seeking alternative addiction treatment because if its proximity to the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaeidic Clinic in West LA,” said Passages Treatment Centers… Continue reading

Researchers Turn to Lasers, Asthma Drugs to Combat Drug Addiction

Researchers Turn to Lasers, Asthma Drugs to Combat Drug Addiction In both rats and humans, individuals with cocaine addiction suffer from low activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for behavioral flexibility, decision making and impulse control. When… Continue reading

What Charges Can I Post of My Mother? Child Abuse? Neglect? Threats?

Question by Jesika Smith: what charges can I post of my mother? Child abuse? Neglect? Threats? Long story short, my mother would rather spend her day at the bar than take care of my 4 year old brother and 16… Continue reading