by Anthony Myers | Aug 21, 2017 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Although we often write about negative developments regarding drug and alcohol abuse, today, we’re excited to report about something. This development? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to lower the nicotine content of cigarettes. The FDA is...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 11, 2017 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Pain (Pixabay) Opioid abuse is epidemic, but what is the cause? Is it that the pharmaceutical companies oversold how nonaddictive they were, and people legitimately seeking pain relief accidentally became addicted? Or were they abused by recreational users trying to...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 3, 2017 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
“Sweet fire calling ” ‘You can’t deny me …’ ” – Joni Mitchell, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire What’s the best treatment for drug addiction? The one that works. Unfortunately there is still a belief among too much of the population...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 28, 2017 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Most likely you don’t read the journal Addiction, so if you read an article referencing it, you can’t just pull out your copy to check that the article has referenced to it accurately. You take the article at face value. Reading an online discussion of marijuana...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 27, 2017 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Ever since President Donald Trump was elected, cannabis advocates, law enforcement, state legislatures and governor’s mansions have all been wondering what he would do about state laws legalizing medical marijuana and recreational marijuana. On the one hand, as a...
by Anthony Myers | May 22, 2017 | Addiction
Technology is all around us. It can make life easier or more frustrating. It can help us work, entertain us, or help us learn. It can even save lives or end them. Does this sound dramatic? It’s true, to some degree. People can attached to technology. Very attached. We...
