by Anthony Myers | Jun 28, 2016 | Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Continuing this week’s sports theme, we’re now discussing an athlete in another sport: DeAndre Levy of the Detroit Lions football team. In addition to being an excellent linebacker, Levy is smart and interesting. How interesting? Levy recently suggested that the...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 27, 2016 | Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse
In the last few weeks, sports fans have celebrated all sorts of championships. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the men’s professional basketball championship of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pittsburgh Penguins won the men’s professional hockey...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 22, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Yesterday, we talked about how drug and alcohol abuse can affect addicts and their families and friends. We also mentioned that there is help for such addicts and their families. This help can come in many forms. One of the more interesting forms of help is family...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 21, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Most people know that drug and alcohol abuse can create physical and psychological problems. Such abuse can hurt addicts’ health, jobs, and personal lives. What some people don’t know is that drug and alcohol abuse can hurt people other than the addicts themselves....
by Anthony Myers | Jun 20, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
People might inherit the color of their fathers’ eyes or the way they laugh. Could they also inherit their fathers’ tendencies to abuse alcohol or drugs? This is an interesting topic. Experts still don’t have a definitive answer. Genetics is a complex topic. Addiction...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 17, 2016 | Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse
For years, people have been debating whether the U.S. government’s war on drugs is effective. Who knows if we’ll ever get to the bottom of the debate. (This debate might be the topic of a future blog post, so stay tuned.) Less debatable, however, are the...
