by Anthony Myers | May 9, 2017 | Drug Addiction
There are some interesting drug-related occurrences happening deep in the heart of Texas. One wonders if these occurrences will happen other places in the United States. In 2016 voters in Harris County, Texas (a county that includes Houston) elected a new district...
by Anthony Myers | May 8, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Despite vows to fight drug abuse in professional sports, it seems that such abuse still occurs and isn’t ending any time soon. In April, 2017, Major League Baseball (MLB) suspended Pittsburgh Pirates star Starling Marte eighty games for using performance-enhancing...
by Anthony Myers | May 7, 2017 | Drug Addiction
The nations’s grave opioid epidemic has demanded a closer look into what’s really causing the problem, and the state of Michigan has been no exception. Over 15 years, from 1999 to 2014, Michigan’s number of overdoses from opioid use has increased...
by Anthony Myers | May 6, 2017 | Drug Addiction
For the thousands of men and women with disordered eating habits, they might not realize how much their disorder has in common with addiction. But as we learn more about the addiction model, the more apparent the similarities between eating disorders and addiction...
by Anthony Myers | May 4, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Portugal decriminalized drugs in 2001. Since that time, more Portuguese adults have used drugs and sought rehab, but fewer drug users have contracted HIV and fewer teenagers have tried drugs in that country. One of the concerns about decriminalization was that reduced...
by Anthony Myers | May 3, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Thousands of miles away, a new approach to drugs might be what’s needed to fight drug addiction in the United States. Portugal decriminalized many drugs in 2001. If Portuguese police find small, specific amounts of drugs on people, such as marijuana, cocaine, or...
