Kratom: A Dangerous Drug or a Healing Plant?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”What is Kratom? And can it really help with opioid addiction?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Kratom is hailed by many as a miracle supplement, sold as pills,
What is a Rehab Romance?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When we’re new to recovery, connection to a community is crucial if we want to maintain sobriety. Listening to the experience strength and hope of
Avoiding Triggers After a Breakup
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Early sobriety and relationships” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Starting a new romantic relationship in recovery can put us back on the same pink cloud we experienced after freeing
The War on Drugs, The Drug Epidemic, and History Repeating Itself
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Where did the war on drugs begin? And when will it end?” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]In 1898 diacetylmorphine, better known as heroin, was synthesized in a lab
Can One Cigarette in Adolescence Lead to Substance Abuse?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Does Nicotine Use Lead to Substance Abuse?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Cigarette sales in the United States have declined to the lowest they have been in 50
Addiction Recovery and Becoming Desensitized to Death
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Are We Desensitized to Overdose?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]“You will have to walk over bodies in recovery.” We have all heard something along these lines in
Finding the Gaps in Addiction Treatment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Researchers posed as heroin users seeking help to find the gaps in the treatment industry…and the results were shocking” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Researchers contacted hundreds of treatment
Does the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Contribute to Substance Abuse?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”A study on marijuana legalization found an increase in drug abuse” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) researchers have found that hospital visits due
NJ Research Team Working to Predict Future Opioid Addiction
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Researchers Working to Predict Addiction” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, roughly half a person’s risk for becoming addicted to drugs is
Does the word “Disease” hurt recovering addicts?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Should We Still be Calling Addiction a Disease?” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Drug addiction is a disease, according to the doctors and psychiatrists throughout the medical community. Even