Understanding Teen Drug Abuse: Do Drugs Cause Permanent Damage?

Aug 25, 2021

Understanding Teen Drug Abuse: Do Drugs Cause Permanent Damage? As a parent of a teenager, it is your job to keep your child safe. As kids explore their independence, it can be difficult to protect them from everything. One of the parents’ biggest fears is that...

Elderly Drug Addiction

Jun 29, 2021

Elderly Drug Addiction Drug and alcohol addiction and abuse in the elderly population is an often overlooked or underestimated issue. It’s a growing one, though, as people are living longer and medical practices including increased access to medication and more...

The Connection Between Alcohol Abuse and Disrupted Sleep

May 27, 2021

The Connection Between Alcohol Abuse and Disrupted Sleep Alcohol’s sedative effects are well documented and widely known. Most people don’t realize that alcohol can also act as a stimulant and contribute to a wide range of sleep disruption and problems. In...

Drug Abuse and Heart Health

Mar 17, 2021

Drug Abuse and Heart Health The heart is the largest muscle in the body. It is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body, while the blood delivers oxygen and vital nutrients that people require to stay healthy. When there is a problem with the heart, the rest...

What Drugs are the Most Addictive

Dec 14, 2020

What Drugs are the Most Addictive For people without a drug use disorder, the commitment to a substance so destructive to an individual’s health and well-being seems at best odd and worst irresponsible. However, people who look at addiction so plainly do not...