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Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed
“Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed” is a blog that was written by a fourteen year-old girl who is struggling with a marijuana addiction. Our staff at Treatment4Addiction thought it would be a great piece to add some insight into how teenagers think, what they struggle with and their rationalization in early stages of substance abuse. I am a 14 year old freshman in high school and I smoke weed a lot. At least I used to … Read entire article »
Needle Exchange Programs- Reducing Health Risks that come with Drug Addiction
Needle exchange programs provide clean needles to intravenous drug users to decrease risk of contracting a disease through needle sharing. They provide users with needles, cotton balls, tourniquets, metal pots for cooking drugs, alcohol swabs and condoms. Along with providing these items for safer practices they also give users some access to health treatment. They give STD testing and vaccination and treat users with abscesses. They also provide the users with treatment information if they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Drugs, Latest News, Treatment
Definite Link Between Marijuana, Meth and Schizophrenia
Definite links between the use of methamphetamine, marijuana, and the development of schizophrenia have been shown in a recent study from researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. In a measure of cooperation between North American countries the researchers actually took results from the records of patients who were admitted to California hospitals between 1990 and 2000 with a diagnosis of dependence or abuse for methamphetamine, marijuana, alcohol, cocaine or … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Conditions and Disorders, Drugs, Latest News
New Drug Testing Device Expected to Revolutionize Industry
Drug testing is an invasive process that is usually a drag for both tester and testee. The test typically relies on one of the most private parts of a person’s day-going to the bathroom- to be shared with the tester, who may be a complete stranger. The person administering the test is often required to observe the subject’s genitalia to ensure the legitimacy of the urine. This method of analysis is intrusive and let’s be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Drugs, Latest News, Spirituality
Drug Detection Dogs: A Narc with a Bark
Lori sensed something was wrong. She had been observing changes in her 17 yr old son Jacob, and she didn’t like what she saw. Jacob was a polite, sociable youth, with exceptional athletic abilities and academic achievements. He had been the “star player” on the junior basketball team, and a solid “A” student. He was popular with his peers and a teacher’s favorite. But in the past few months his attitude had “shifted”. His grades … Read entire article »
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Long Term Effects of ADHD Medication
Therapy and the diagnosis of mental disorders is becoming a common part of people’s lives, but people do not always receive proper therapy or diagnosis. The amount of children who are perceived to have the developmental disorder attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is becoming higher and more and more children are being treated for it. The treatment usually consists of the use of stimulant medication, many of which contain amphetamine. The fact that amphetamine or known by its … Read entire article »
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Conrad Murray Found Guilty in Michael Jackson’s Death; But Who Else is to Blame?
Conrad Murray received an absurd amount of money to be Michael Jackson’s drug supplier and is now paying the price as he has been found guilty in the death of Jackson. However, seeing as Michael was on multiple medications at the time of his passing there should be some question as to who else may have played a hand in his untimely death. Was Murray tried because he was on call at Jackson’s house or … Read entire article »
Filed under: Celebrity, Drugs, Latest News
Legalizing Marijuana: A Bad Idea
The issue of the legalization of marijuana is one that has preyed on my mind since moving here to Los Angeles from the United Kingdom. In fact three years ago England moved marijuana up from a Class C controlled substance to that of Class B, now deemed alongside other drugs such as speed, Ritalin and mephedrone (Bath Salts). According to an article, this past month the California Medical Association in fact endorsed the decriminalization of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drugs, Latest News
Controversial Harm Reduction Program Remains Open
Although completely abstaining from drugs is the most successful route for addicts seeking to live healthy lifestyles, this is not always an attainable task. For those who cannot stop abusing drugs, there are some regions of the world that provide harm reduction techniques such as designated areas for safely using drugs, known as “safe injection sites”. Canada’s first safe injection site, Insite, reigned victorious in a recent court case which challenged its legality and it … Read entire article »
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Alcohol, Drugs and The Music Industry
Alize, Cristal, Barcardi and Grey Goose, these are just a few of the brand alcohol references that are overheard when listening to various types of music these days. The outright glamorization of drugs and alcohol is nothing new when it comes to music lyrics, however, exactly how many of these references may possibly be influencing our adolescent population – that is the question. There is no doubt that every study done to date … Read entire article »
Filed under: Celebrity, Drugs, Latest News, research
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