by Valiant | Nov 27, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, drug agencies, drug policies, medical studies, relapse prevention
What we see is that a little over 23 million Americans are directly affected with a lifelong problem. And many more are affected when you consider that the issue involves not just the user but also the user’s family and social network. And on top of that we also...
by Valiant | Nov 16, 2015 | Addiction treatment, mental illness and disorders
Is this actually a mental disorder though? Just like an addiction to gambling, food, and other factors that do not involve drugs or alcohol many people doubt that sex addiction is an actual problem. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM,...
by Valiant | Nov 13, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, mental illness and disorders
A new report shows a surprising trend, one that researchers did not expect to find and that they are calling an unnoticed epidemic. According to researchers from Princeton University the current suicide rates and the rate of substance abuse in middle aged Americans...
by Valiant | Nov 9, 2015 | Addiction treatment, marijuana use, medical studies
Studies in the past have shown that marijuana use can increase the odds of strokes, and a new study examined the differences in the types and locations of strokes between those who have used marijuana and those who have abstained from the use of this drug. According...
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...
