January 25, 2018
Addiction Myths vs Facts

Addiction Myths: Separating Myth From Fact

Addiction Myths Clarified It is National Drug and Alcohol Fact Week! This educational week acknowledges information as it relates drugs and alcohol. We thought this would […]
June 8, 2017

Teen Marijuana Use Linked to Other Illegal Drug Abuse

There has been much debate in recent years as to whether or not marijuana is a “gateway” drug – a drug that paves the way to […]
May 19, 2017

Running on Fumes: A Decidedly Non-Glamorous Drug Poses Real Risks

It doesn’t get the high-profile media attention that the opiate epidemic has, and it’s not the drug of choice among the club and party set (at […]
March 10, 2017

Chinese Carfentanil Ban: ‘Game Changer’ or Not?

Since it first made its presence known on U.S. streets last summer with never-before-seen numbers of drug overdoses, the use and impact of high-grade animal tranquilizer […]
January 20, 2017

Cult of Irresponsibility: Is ‘Sweeping the Dust Under the Carpet’ a New Norm in Health and Pharma?

Face and Embrace One of the first and most important lessons many learn – or re-learn – in recovery is to take responsibility for their actions. […]
November 18, 2016

Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction: A Call to Action for the Challenge of Our Time

Calling to Action The sense that substance abuse and addiction issues have reached a bell-weather moment in our culture is neither new nor imagined. For the […]
November 13, 2016

A “High” Correlation: Alcohol and Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Risks for Schizophrenia

Drug use and Schizophrenia Individuals who drink excessively or abuse marijuana and other substances may be “messing with their heads” in ways they don’t at all […]
September 16, 2016

A High Price to Pay for Pills that Promise ‘Focus’: Long-term Fallout from ADHD Drugs

ADHD and Pharmaceutical Use A host of concerns and scholarship have surrounded the increased use – or abuse, as the case may be – of ADHD […]