Opioid Withdrawals Eased With Use of Kratom
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The Risks of Using Kratom for Opiate Withdrawal

Every few years some plant gets named the latest and greatest “miracle drug.” It’s just usually never called that by anyone who actually works in the medical field. Go figure. These days, it’s a plant called kratom, and folks are using kratom for opiate withdrawal. But just because something is

Psilocybin: Equal Parts Magic and Medicine
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Psilocybin: Equal Parts Magic and Medicine

For many decades certain drugs have been banished from the world of legitimate science. Condemned as illegal, with no medical benefit, many of these drugs have been nearly impossible for scientists to legitimately investigate. A handful of ground-breaking minds, however, have been working tirelessly to bring these drugs back into

Cocaine's Potential as an Antidepressant
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Cocaine’s Potential as an Antidepressant

Sherlock Holmes injected it as a 7 percent solution. Coca Cola originally contained 9 milligrams per bottle. Casey Jones got high on it before going to his job as a train conductor. It seems that cocaine has been with us forever, or at least as far back as anyone reading

What to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
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Why Do Teens Abuse Drugs?

Drug abuse at any age is never healthy, but it is especially unhealthy for adolescent children. Not only is it illegal, but drug abuse in teens can cause permanent damage to their developing minds and bodies. Substance abuse can ruin a person’s life before it has hardly begun, and influence

Understanding Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
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Treating Drug Addiction from Home

Drug addiction can be an incredibly severe medical disorder that handicaps a person’s daily routine. To combat this, doctors strongly recommend professional help and intervention. For some, however, conventional therapy such as enrolling in a rehabilitation center is not an option. So what are the alternatives? Many such addicts will

The Visible Signs of Drug Abuse
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The Signs of Drug Use on The Face

Drug abuse doesn’t just degrade one’s cognitive capacity and mental state, it also wreaks havoc the largest organ on your body–the skin. Long-time drug addicts have nutrients sucked out of the body, they have limited ability to care for their health, and they often neglect basic hygiene. The first thing

Illegal Drugs: Classifications and the Dangerous Effects
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How Much Do Illicit Drugs Cost?

The dramatic increase in drug use, specifically the rise in abuse of prescription opioids and painkillers, comes with significant costs. The most striking is the loss of life, the decimation of families, and the destruction of communities. Between the years of 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people in the

Why Heroin is so Addicting
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How Can You Tell If Someone Is On Heroin?

Knowledge of mental health issues, including substance use disorders is on the rise. Opiates such as heroin are among the most talked-about choice substances today. So, what is heroin? Poppy plants are used to make morphine which is then utilized to create heroin. The drug is better known as black

What Does It Cost To Be A Drug Addict?
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What Does It Cost To Be A Drug Addict?

Being addicted to drugs is not the same thing as engaging in experimental substance use. Even though the American Psychiatric Association does not classify drug abuse and dependency as anything other than a substance use disorder, trying out substances does not always lead to addiction. That being said, drug addiction

How to Stop Taking Adderall
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How to Stop Taking Adderall

When we have been prescribed a drug for a disease or a disorder, we will likely trust our prescribing physician. After all, they have the education to support what they are prescribing to be the correct substance as well as good, honest reasons as to why they are prescribing it.

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