by Anthony Myers | Jan 18, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Here’s some good news for the new year. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is cutting the production of opioids, a class of drugs also known as opiates. Opioids/opiates are powerful drugs that are related to opium, hence their name. Most opioids are medications...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 17, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Did you ever watch those documentaries about steroid abuse? I’m not sure if I had to watch them in school or I saw them afterward, but they were always scary. If you somehow escaped these documentaries, steroid abuse is not rare, unfortunately. People sometimes use...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 12, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health
I don’t know about you, but this time of the year can be rough. Around here, it’s cold and we have to shovel snow. We don’t get a lot of sunshine, and what little daylight we receive is typically gone by 5:30 in the evening. Winter, in short, can be brutal. I’m not...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 11, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health
Unlike the lighthearted days we often discuss in this blog, today’s commemoration is quite different. That’s because today, January 11th, is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking involves exploiting people, forcing people to do things against...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 9, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
How To Help A Teen Struggling With Addiction A lot of schools in he United States are opening again after an extended holiday break. But some students aren’t returning to class. That’s because these teens are struggling with alcohol abuse and drug addiction. For many...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 8, 2017 | Drug Addiction
Adults struggling with drug addiction today grew up in a markedly different landscape of drug and alcohol products. Today, we have a multilayered selection of many varying drug products to choose from—and it seems there’s a new drug to choose from every week....