Benzodiazepines are a drug that belongs to a class of drugs known as sedative-hypnotics. They work on a particular receptor type in the central nervous…
The drug Ecstasy contains MDMA, which stands for MethyleneDioxyMethAmphetamine. Ecstasy is a synthetic (lab-created) drug. It is a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances…
When an individual is diagnosed with a drug problem, whether alcohol or other drugs, they also are suffering from a sort of brain wiring gone…
Choosing to go to an out-of-state addiction treatment center can have numerous benefits. As the number of adults with substance abuse disorders in the U.S.…
When comparing Alcohol and Heroin, the first major difference is that one is a legal substance and the other is very illegal. Yet, both Alcohol…
Heroin addiction is a disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to use the drug. Heroin is derived from the seed pod of the opium poppy…
Whenever a person abuses more than one substance at a time, we refer to multi-substance abuse, also called poly-substance abuse. The term does not refer…
Unfortunately, the outcome is not good when people in new recovery enter into an intimate relationship before they are stable in their recovery. Romance and…
The United States is in the midst of an addiction epidemic. We’ve been hearing about opioids and the opioid epidemic that has been occurring for…
Addiction is a complex disease and is often accompanied by mental health disorders. When going through treatment and recovering from addiction, a person may find…