Can Cocaine Cause Blood Clots: Spotting the Long-Term Effects of Cocaine Use Chances are you know the common side effects of cocaine use. Maybe you have seen them in a loved one or yourself. But what is actually going on within the body? It can’t be that bad, right?...
What Is Cocaine Psychosis: How Cocaine Negatively Impacts Mental Health Have you ever seen something out of the corner of your eye that made you double-take? The initial feeling of fear as you see one thing but quickly realize it is something else as you look again....
Signs of Painkiller Addiction: Why Does It Happen and How to Spot It “Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.” – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Painkillers have been around for centuries, providing relief in many scenarios...
When Sweating Becomes a Sign of Cocaine Use “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been planted.” – Christine Caine In 2022, cocaine was present in over 240 overdose fatalities in Hillsborough County. While cocaine use...
How Does Addiction Change the Brain and Why Does It Happen? As concerned parents, siblings, friends, and colleagues, we all wonder – why are they choosing substances over us? What did we do wrong? The answer is not so simple. In fact, substance use disorder is a brain...