When Smoking Cessation Efforts Go Too Far
... smoking cessation efforts go too far Some substance abuse treatment facilities have implemented policies that seemingly give the same weight to cigarette smoking cessation as they do to stopping alcohol and illicit drug abuse. This is problematic, as it… Continue reading
Drug Overdose Deaths From Prescription Painkillers Spike Among Middle-Aged …
... Deaths From Prescription Painkillers Spike Among Middle-Aged … For many decades, the overwhelming majority of U.S. overdose deaths were men killed by heroin or cocaine. But by 2010, 40 percent were women – most of them middle-aged women who… Continue reading
Cocaine Addiction May Be Cured With Ritalin
... Addiction May Be Cured With Ritalin About 800,000 Americans older than 12 are dependent on cocaine, according to a government report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The drug is derived originally from the coca plant… Continue reading
Is Caffeine Withdrawal Really a Mental Illness?
... caffeine withdrawal really a mental illness? They've been listed before with other disorders involving substance abuse like cocaine addiction or alcoholism. The previous DSM manual had included “caffeine intoxication”; this describes the jitteriness, … But our bodies and brains… Continue reading
Don’t Know What to Do, My Mother in Law Actually Is Having a Psychotic Break.?
... Lupe Fiasco and Damian Marley — have shared their thoughts on the “conscious” classification with CNN in the past, with only Common fully embracing it (Lupe embraced the label, if not a monolithic … Read more on Los Angeles… Continue reading
State Senator in Sex-Abuse Inquiry
... de addiction rallies held at Bandipora, Nishat Meanwhile, an organization working in the area of drugs/alcohol abuse prevention in collaboration with Markazi Falahi Itifal (Bal Ashram), Markazi Falahi Mastoorat (Nari Nikaitan) and Government Boys Middle School Ishbar organized a… Continue reading