by Valiant | Oct 23, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, heroin use, Prescription drug abuse
The rate of opioid addiction in the USA and North America has skyrocketed in the last decade, and substance abuse treatment programs have not kept up with this pace. A new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study shows that only 1 in 5, or 20% of the...
by Valiant | Oct 19, 2015 | Addiction treatment, arrests for substance abuse, inhalant use, medical studies, mental illness and disorders
The study evaluated adolescents who were incarcerated, and the results also showed that youths who were engaged in severe inhalant use also tended to display delinquent behaviors at an earlier age and started their drug abuse younger as well. This is the first time...
by Valiant | Oct 16, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, medical studies
A new study using mice shows why binge drinking can lead to alcoholism, and the culprit may be an enzyme that is malfunctioning. Research scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine performed a mouse study and the results show that the malfunctioning enzyme...
by Valiant | Oct 12, 2015 | medical studies
Medical experts and health professionals are raising concerns about opioid use among older and elderly patients who have breathing problems and a condition called COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These concerns have led to a new study on the subject,...
by Valiant | Oct 9, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, heroin use, Prescription drug abuse
A recent study undertaken by Vanderbilt University researchers shows that babies who have neonatal abstinence syndrome have a risk of being readmitted to the hospital within the first month that is 2.5 times higher than healthy babies during the same period. This...
by Valiant | Oct 5, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, heroin use, Prescription drug abuse
The CDC recently declared that there was a national opioid epidemic, and addiction disorders that involve opioid based medications or opioid based street drugs like heroin tend to benefit from the use of certain medications as well as typical psychosocial treatments....
by Valiant | Oct 2, 2015 | Addiction treatment, heroin use
Heroin abuse carries a very real risk of overdose which can lead to death, but there is a possible solution that more law enforcement and emergency first responders are being trained to use. Naloxone is a drug that can counteract heroin in the system, reversing an...
by Valiant | Sep 28, 2015 | Addiction treatment, heroin use
Heroin addiction is a form of drug abuse that is becoming an epidemic across Canada and the USA, and this form of substance abuse can have deadly consequences. There are plenty of warnings and information available about the dangers of heroin and the highly addictive...
by Valiant | Sep 25, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse is a common problem that affects millions of people, but are medications necessary to stop the substance abuse? Every individual is unique, and some people can stop their alcohol intake on their own. Others may require professional help, and there are...
