Drug overdose

Is a Video Game Addiction the Same as a Drug Addiction?

Question by I’m Mr. Right and I approve this message: Is a video game addiction the same as a drug addiction?
I don’t know why, but i hear that their are treatments for video game addictions and I also hear a lot about people who can’t stop are… Continue reading

Trust Issues: Bill Requires OH to Issue Drug Fact Sheets

Trust issues: Bill requires OH to issue drug fact sheets
Last summer, a special study committee traveled the state learning about Ohio's opioid use epidemic, as they called it. According to Sprague, “drug overdose has now surpassed traffic accidents to become the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio …… Continue reading

Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse

Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse
As even quaint New England towns deal with desperate residents chasing their next hit of heroin, pain killers or other hard drugs, and with overdose deaths increasing, officials trying to stem drug abuse have begun to focus more on treatment, rather …
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Compass: Don’t Cut Residential Treatment for Addicts – Anchorage Daily News

Compass: Don’t cut residential treatment for addicts – Anchorage Daily News

Compass: Don't cut residential treatment for addicts
Anchorage Daily News
However, proposed cuts of $ 2.043 million to the state of Alaska's Behavioral Health grants threaten to force us to make painful cuts in our residential addiction treatment program… Continue reading

The Importance of Context in Our Dialogue About Mental Health and Addiction … – Barre Montpelier Times Argus

The Importance of Context in Our Dialogue about Mental Health and Addiction … – Barre Montpelier Times Argus

The Importance of Context in Our Dialogue about Mental Health and Addiction
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
With increasing public awareness of tragic deaths in Vermont and across the nation due to… Continue reading

How Do You Help Relieve Prescription Pill Withdrawls?

Question by justkickinit: How do you help relieve prescription pill withdrawls?
My friend (seriously, not me) is addicted to prescription drugs like xanax and is trying to quit but he is getting huge headaches, loss of appetite, etc. How can he feel better? Is it just time… Continue reading