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Heroin Addiction

Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug. It among the most abused and fastest acting of the opiates (opiates, also called narcotics, are a family of drugs which are used in the medical profession to relieve pain, but ar...

By: Jack Smith

Drug Abuse Treatments

As treatment of drug abuse should suit the specific needs of the individual concerned, there is no one treatment that can be used in all cases. The choice of treatment also depends on which drug is being abused. Psychologi...

By: Jennifer Bailey

Alcoholism and Marijuana Smoking

Given the high prevalence of alcohol consumption and marijuana smoking, it may be conceived of normative developmental experience. Although light substance use may be a normative and adaptive behavior, a significant minori...

By: Michael Russell

LOS ANGELES - James Gray once saw himself as a drug warrior, a former federal prosecutor and county judge who sent people to prison for dealing pot and other drug offenses. Gradually, though, he becam...

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Tragically, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida increased by 77 percent from 2003 to 2008. Abuse of prescription drugs affects not just the users, but also their family, friends, co-workers a...

Robbie Williams has described marijuana as a "lovely drug". The singer, 36, who had ... Speaking of his last spell in rehab - three years ago on his 33rd birthday for treatment for addiction to prescr...

So I asked my doctor for a prescription for a cessation medication. With the medicine, I smoked less and less. But I was trying to pay for the drug myself and didn't think I ... Once again, it was tha...