by Anthony Myers | Sep 28, 2018 | Drug Addiction
There is good news and bad news relating to drugs today. The bad news: drugs are killing more people than ever. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 72,000 U.S. residents died due to drug overdoses in 2017. This is about 10 percent...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 21, 2018 | Drug Addiction
In August, 2018, board members in the state of Michigan approved sixteen licenses for medical marijuana. Ongoing developments about medical and recreational marijuana in Michigan reflect other marijuana-related developments in other places of the United States and the...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 14, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Health and Wellness
The heroin epidemic that has been sweeping the world is traumatizing to friends and family. In 2014 alone, about 435,000 people used heroin, in one form or another. Many people believe that an addict is an addict purely out of choice. While this may be how the...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 14, 2018 | Drug Addiction, Recovery
As dangerous and serious as drug overdoses are, they don’t have to be deadly. People in California are trying to make drug use safer. The state of California and California cities such as San Francisco are making efforts to do just that. In 2016, the California State...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 11, 2018 | Drug Addiction
On September 7, 2018, rapper Mac Miller died at his Los Angeles home of an apparent accidental drug overdose. He was twenty-six years old. He was open about his struggles with drug addiction and his mental health. He admitted that he used a substance called lean but...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 7, 2018 | Drug Addiction, Health and Wellness
You know that using methamphetamine (meth) or any illegal drug during pregnancy can be dangerous. But why, exactly? Methamphetamine (meth) is a stimulant. That means that it stimulates systems and processes in the body. In the short term, using it can cause: •...
