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The Impact of Opioid Addiction and Serious Non-Addicted Abuse Each year, millions of Americans misuse an opioid medication or take an opioid street drug. All of these people have increased chances of developing serious problems as a result of their actions. In addition, almost one-third of them already have diagnosable symptoms of a condition called...

Background of Subutex as a Drug Medical detoxes may feature a few different medications. These medications may ease withdrawal symptoms, including cravings, act as a disincentive by changing how your body reacts to drugs and alcohol, or otherwise fight against physical dependence. Your need for Subutex detox will depend on whether it is being used...

What is a Female-Only Recovery Program? Addiction and recovery are two things that men and women inevitably experience differently. Women’s rehab programs focus on female-specific recovery. Generally, women abuse different substances through different methods, at different rates, and for different reasons than men do. Women also face different barriers, have different mental health conditions, and...

There’s been lots of media coverage of the heroin epidemic in the United States but have you ever thought about the history of heroin? While it’s now an illegal street drug, it didn’t start out that way.  The history of heroin usage in the US is actually long and quite interesting. Understanding the drug’s past...

What Are The Effects Of Heroin Addiction? People who use heroin often do so because of the happiness and positivity they experience. Those who inject the drug get a significant rush of euphoria followed by a dream-like state during which they feel like all is well. For all the damage it does to lives and...

People tend to lump all illegal or addictive drugs together and it can be hard to know what all the different names mean. You’ve no doubt heard about heroin and you’ve certainly heard that there’s an opiate epidemic in the United States. However, you may have questions such as “what is an opiate?”, “what is...

Cocaine is a street drug used by millions of people across America each year. Roughly one in every six of those users will develop major problems with the drug. But while most adults have heard about cocaine, not everyone knows how it is classified as a substance. Some commentators loosely refer to all street drugs as...