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If you overheard your teenager tell his friend he was “candy flipping,” would you be concerned? It sounds like he’s popping M&Ms or swapping candy bars with a buddy, right? Turns out the true meaning is much more concerning. “Candy flipping” is slang for using more than one drug at a time. Since using even …
Addiction is a debilitating disease that profoundly impacts everyone it touches. But unfortunately, some communities seem to bear heavier burdens of this epidemic than others. Addiction among Native Americans remains an issue in many areas around reservations. Nearly 10 percent of Native Americans had a substance use disorder in 2018, despite making up just 1.7 …
Ritalin is a popular ADHD prescription that many users end up abusing in order to achieve desirable effects.
Stimulants cause a surge of chemical activity in your brain. Both prescription use, misuse, and illegal stimulant abuse produces increased energy, focus, and alertness. The effects can make you feel more awake or energetic. They can also cause over-stimulation, leading to headaches, stomach cramps, anxiety, paranoia, and even seizures. Despite the risks, stimulant abuse is …
It can be difficult to tell if a loved one is secretly using hard drugs like methamphetamine. You may not want to ask directly for fear of being wrong and offending your friend, family member, or partner. However, there are several common signs that someone close to you is using meth recreationally that you can …
In November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that there were over 100,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States in the year ended April 2021 primarily caused by two addictive drugs. That’s a 28.5 percent increase since the previous year. The culprits? The CDC says that the drugs responsible were opioids …
Heroin is a Schedule I controlled substance. Oxycodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. Some cough medicines are classified as Schedule V. But what does all this mean, exactly? What’s a “scheduled drug,” and what determines the class of each drug? Let’s dig into how this system works. How It Started: The Controlled Substances Act …
Ecstasy (MDMA), a Schedule I controlled substance, is a psychostimulant drug that produces both hallucinogenic and stimulant effects. Many people who use ecstasy or MDMA report experiencing withdrawal symptoms when they stop taking it. Ecstasy withdrawal can be unpleasant and may lead people to continue using MDMA to stave off these symptoms. Fortunately, a professional …
Alprazolam (Xanax) is a prescription anti-anxiety medication used to treat anxiety, panic disorders, and other related mood disorders. The medicine is in the benzodiazepine class of drugs. Benzodiazepines enhance the impact of a neurotransmitter in the brain, called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). GABA reduces specific brain nerve-impulse transmissions, acting as a sedative by slowing down the …
Some of the worst drug addictions are also some of the most difficult to treat including heroin addiction, opium addiction and crystal meth addiction to name a few.
Bath salts, although they can be found legally, are highly addictive and dangerous drugs. They are made out of synthetic chemicals that have devastating effects on the health of users.
Crystal meth has become the drug of choice for many addicts and it leaves a wake of destroyed lives in its path.
