by Valiant | Jul 30, 2015 | designer drugs, Drug abuse, Illegal drug production
Some interesting facts and statistics about this drug include: The most common users of LSD are white males between the ages of 18 and 22 years old. This type of substance abuse can have long lasting effects. A single dose can last 12 hours or more, and there have...
by Valiant | Jul 30, 2015 | designer drugs, Drug abuse, Illegal drug production
LSD, technically called lysergic acid diethylamide, is a drug that alters the senses and causes hallucinations for most people. Can this drug cause addiction though? How dangerous is LSD and how common is this drug? LSD was first discovered by Albert Hofmann, a Swiss...
by Valiant | May 29, 2015 | Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, mental illness and disorders
Sometimes it can be difficult even for trained medical professionals and mental health specialists to distinguish between these two until a thorough and extensive evaluation has been done. If both substance abuse and mental illness are present then specialized...
by Valiant | May 25, 2015 | Drug abuse, Prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise, and marketing has to take some of the blame. Every time you turn on the television pharmaceutical companies are advertising new drugs for every condition under the sun. The list of side effects and possible complications with...
by Valiant | May 22, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, Prescription drug abuse
The researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health discovered that the frequency of emergency room visits can be a very strong predictor of prescription drug overdose deaths. The researchers determined that patients who visited the local...
by Valiant | May 18, 2015 | Drug abuse, heroin use
Over the last few years the rate of heroin use has jumped among individuals who abuse opioid pain medications, and the biggest increase was seen with the Caucasian population. A new study that was performed by the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health...
