Drug abuse can be understood as excessive use of addictive substances such as alcohol, opioids, marijuana, or other chemical variants leading to emotional, physical, and social harm. Drug abuse can also lead to the development of substance use disorder (SUD), a mental illness that causes...
The best question to ask first is whether marijuana can be harmful. Marijuana’s effects generally rely on the person consuming it, its potency, and the reason the person is consuming it. Why? Because the effects of marijuana affect individuals differently. Is Marijuana Harmless? Also known as cannabis, marijuana is...
LSD is one of the most potent, mood-changing chemicals. It is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in the ergot fungus that grows on rye and other grains. LSD belongs to a group of drugs known as psychedelics. When taken in small doses, it can produce...
Here are some examples of addict speak. “It’s not that bad.”At the first sign of confrontation, an addict will minimize their addiction by claiming it isn’t that bad. They might even say they were far worse in the past. “I only use it occasionally.”Instead of...
Opioid Crisis America’s Epidemic Opioid addiction has become a 50-state epidemic. It travels along Interstates as some form of smuggled heroin. It streams out of what we call “pill mill” pain clinics that hand out pain medications like candy. The opioid crisis in America is a...
With countless theories out there about addiction, some people can't help but wonder what it is. There are studies going on for the sole purpose of determining why one person is more susceptible to becoming an addict than the next person. Truth be told, there are a...