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ADDICTION
Alcohol: The Quarantine Drug of Choice
Learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic might have significantly increased alcohol consumption in the United States. More people have started drinking since quarantine and lockdowns last March.
COVID Perpetuates Cycle of Addiction?
Find out more about the cycle of addiction and how it relates to COVID-19. Is the problem the cycle of addiction or is it the moniker “relapse is a part of recovery?” How can using drugs or alcohol be a part of not using drugs or alcohol?
Addicts Should Be Helped
Just as the title of this article says, addicts should be helped. Too often I look through social media articles about addiction, only to read the comments section and find myself appalled at what some people are writing.
Debate Highlights Lasting Stigma of Addiction
The recent debate highlighted not only that addiction is a problem for all of us, but that the stigma of addiction is still a significant roadblock for some. Addiction is not a political issue, and we won’t repeat what was said. The truth is it highlights the fact that addiction can strike anyone and the road back is often a difficult one.
Supply and Demand: Drug Dealers Price Gouging Due to Pandemic
Supply and demand is the name of the game when it comes to selling drugs. Beyond anything else, and I hate to say it like this, drug dealing is run like a business.
Bath Salts Aren’t a Thing of the Past: New Jersey Arrests on the Rise
Bath salts are an intoxicating substance that exist in a similar realm with “spice.” Years ago, “legal” drugs and substances known as research chemicals became pretty popular. They offered the ability to get a user high without causing them to fail a drug test.
The Stronger the Better: Addicts Purposely Seek out Killer Drug
We currently live in a society where drug use has been completely normalized. Hearing about drug addiction and drug overdoses nowadays is such a normal occurrence that it’s no longer as jarring as it used to be.
Colorado Emergency Responders Allegedly Dosed Over 900 People with Ketamine
When drug addiction is at an all-time high, the last thing we need is more drugs . With nearly all mental/emotional disorders and addiction having been highly medicalized, the knee-jerk response to drugs has been more drugs, oddly enough.
An Ex-Addict Looks at His 39th Birthday
I came into this world on August 14th, 1981. My life wasn’t always easy. I was born into a good family, lived in a great town, had everything I ever wanted and needed.
The Numbers Are In: 71,000 Overdose Deaths in 2019
So far, 2020 has been one heck of a year and not in a good way. This year has been full of bad news in one form or another. As soon as we think it can’t get worse, it does.