by Anthony Myers | Aug 4, 2017 | Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
The opioid prescription pill epidemic may not have reached its peak yet, but concern about scams by unscrupulous rehab operators could hurt efforts to expand the number of addicts in treatment. Most notoriously Kenneth Chatman, a two-bit swindler already convicted on...
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 | Aug 1, 2017 | Drug Addiction
As bad as drug and alcohol abuse are, we don’t have to talk with students about it until they’re in high school or maybe late middle school, right? Sadly, this statement isn’t true. In fact, large numbers of young children abuse drugs and alcohol and pay the...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 31, 2017 | Drug Addiction
As you probably know, drug addiction isn’t just one problem, it’s many. Abusing drugs often leads to many problems both for abusers and others in their lives. After all, if drug abusers spend all their time locating and using drugs, there’s a good...
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 | Jul 26, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
It’s Wednesday! You know what that means—it’s hump day! That means for many people, it’s the middle of the five-day workweek. Once the workday on Wednesday ends, we’ve gotten past the hump of the workweek and are more quickly approaching the weekend of Friday,...
