Can Drug Abuse Cause an Eating Disorder?
It isn’t uncommon for a drug addiction to coincide with another health issue. Learn about the relationship between drug abuse and eating disorders.
Meth Abuse: Signs and Symptoms
Perhaps you have considered using, or currently use, methamphetamine. Before deciding to use this substance, take some time to consider the effects of meth abuse, use, and misuse. What is Meth? Methamphetamine, derived from drug classes amphetamine and phenethylamine, is a chemical stimulant. As the name suggests, stimulants generally produce heightened energy and concentration along …
Drug Overdose: Why It Happens and How to Treat It
Learn more about the dangers of a drug overdose, why it happens, how to treat it, and how to prevent them from happening.
Ecstasy Addiction: Signs and Symptoms
Ecstasy is a very dangerous stimulant, which is known as a party or club drug. It also goes by the street names of Molly and X, as well as the name MDMA. It is addictive, and very easy to overdose on.
Substance Abuse on Twitter
Against the backdrop of lockdowns, quarantines, and working from home, many of us are turning to social media to make our voices heard. One popular topic is, unfortunately, due to the same stressors, drug abuse, and there is no shortage of commentary on the subject. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, around 70,000 …
Mexican cartel boss Héctor Beltrán Leyva dies of cardiac arrest
Authorities at Mexico’s Federal Prison Number 1 have confirmed that renowned drug lord, Hector Beltran Leyva, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in his cell. Hector Beltran Leyva was the boss of the notorious Beltran Leyva drug cartel in Mexico. The Beltran Leyva drug cartel was a gang of brothers whose bloody war against …
Arrest warrants issued for 58 people in Georgia drug bust, Operation Deja Vu
After a drug investigation lasting nearly a year, authorities issued warrants for 58 people on narcotics charges in Glynn County in southeast Georgia. John Powell, the police chief of Glynn County, a coastal county that includes Georgia’s Sea Islands, said that nearly half the people named in the warrants remain at large – 27 out …
California drug bust nets over 10M in drug seizures
A Southern California drug bust that came at the end of a year-long investigation resulted in 13 arrests and the confiscation of $10 million in heroin, cocaine, meth, and other drugs. Police said they think they captured the leader of the smuggling ring, a San Fernando Valley man named Omar Rangel, age 29. Narcotics being …
Portable meth lab found in backpack explodes during river cleanup in North Carolina
Volunteers cleaning debris and garbage from a river in North Carolina picked up a backpack with improvised meth-making gear in it, which exploded. Charlie Chang, 25, the volunteer who found the pack in the French Broad River, told local news outlets he didn’t look inside it but set it at his feet in a kayak, …
Indiana father refused to call 911 after 8-year-old son overdosed on meth
An eight-year-old boy in Indiana got into his father’s stash of methamphetamine this summer, ate some, and died while his dad, fearing arrest and punishment, refused to call for help, police say. Police said witnesses told them the boy, Curtis Collman III, lay on the ground yelling, hallucinating and talking to invisible people. The father, …
Drugs In Music – Analyzing Drug References In Musical Genres
Drugs in Music Music and recreational substance abuse share a historic bond going back generations before the first fan was able to purchase a recording. History recounts countless examples of hymns sung by sailors celebrating the idea of drinking and other questionable activities. However, attitudes regarding drug abuse and music took an abrupt turn …
Cocaine Overdose Symptoms
Knowing how to recognize an overdose on cocaine is very important, as an overdose can cause truly lasting damage to the user. Getting help as soon as possible is essential to minimize harm.