Understanding the Options One of the most important things in any treatment plan, even those using Suboxone, is understanding what the options are before making a decision. Suboxone is considered to be one of the more humane ways to manage drug addiction and the withdrawal symptoms that can come...

Unfortunately Today there are a lot of teen girls and young adult women drinking or using drugs during their pregnancy and they don't realize the risks they're taking concerning their unborn child's health and life. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) has to do with a group of problems that take...

We know that substance abuse has hit a serious high when drug related overdoses take more lives than auto accidents do. The alarming amount of prescription pain pill overdoses is extremely high and will probably continue unless people start to understand just how dangerous these drugs are when...

Khat is a stimulant drug that is derived from a shrub that's called the Catha edulis and is used by millions of people around the world for its euphoric effects when a person chews the leaves of the plant. These effects are similar to what a person experiences when they abuse cocaine and...

Those non-alcoholic energy drinks that are so popular among people today are also becoming well-known in the emergency rooms unfortunately. People are experiencing high blood pressure, dehydration, their heart rhythms are abnormal, their experiencing anxiety, they feels sick over-all and their...

Be Aware of Spiked Drinks and Keep Yourself and Your Teens SAFE The holiday season of 2011 is just beginning with Thanksgiving behind us now and Christmas less than a month away. We all look forward to Christmas parties and get-togethers which many times include people we don't know or in settings...

Drunkorexia is a term I've never heard of before and was surprised to read that this term is associated with anorexia and heavy binge drinking behavior that many young people on North American campuses are partaking in. We know that anorexia is extremely serious and dangerous by itself but when...

Last week we talked about stress, anxiety and depression and the various ways many of us have either learned or chose to cope with emotional challenges in our life. Unfortunately, unhealthy coping skills not only make the situations worse, but affect our physical and emotional well-being. read more

Common Ways People Cope with Stress and Anxiety That are Unfortunately 'Negative' We all experience stress and anxiety throughout our lives and we all have our own personal ways of coping when dealing with life's emotional challenges.
Sometimes we bring stress upon ourselves with choices we...

Doctor Shopping for Prescription Drugs Affects Us All Today the amount of people abusing prescription drugs is higher than it's ever been and the use of these drugs are destroying the health and lives of people throughout the United States. Prescription drugs are not only abused by young and older...