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Teen First time Substance abuse Facts

Teen First time Substance abuse Facts Some recent research has produced some interesting statistics about teen substance abuse facts.  Drug-rehab.org reports some interesting findings concerning teen’s first time abusing substances.  The results are reported below. Drug-rehabs.org indicates that, “According to the 2006 NSDUH, 10.6 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol for the … Read More

PAWS Defined

Post-Acute Withdrawal and What to Do About It   For people with drinking or drug problems, quitting can be extremely difficult. Though this is sometimes due to a lack of desire or lack of will power, it is often because of powerful withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms are immediately eased by going back to alcohol or … Read More

Addictions can be helped with exercise

Addictions can be helped with exercise The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines addiction as, “a compulsion that persists in spite of negative health and social consequences.” Many people use and abuse drugs, but only some – relatively few — become addicts. Many wonder why addictions form in some and not others.  In some … Read More

Parent’s Awareness of Drug Abuse

Parent’s awareness of drug abuse Everyone is talking to their pre-teen children and teenagers about the dangers of drug abuse….right??  Wrong.  According to a new report by drugfree.org, many parents have yet to have an honest conversation with their kids regarding substance abuse.  Drugfree.org is a nonprofit advocacy group committed to reducing young adult drug … Read More

Celebrities and Drug Overdose – Philip Seymour Hoffman

Celebrities and Drug Overdose The New York Times reports, “Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose — with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm and 70 baggies of the drug inside his Greenwich Village pad Sunday, authorities said. He was 46…. Hoffman — a versatile and prolific … Read More