Category: Drug Addiction

Drugs have been a problem in our high schools for decades now. But one thing that never seems to change is that wherever there are teenagers, there will be substance abuse and addiction issues. What has changed is the different types of substances that teenage [...]

Comedian Andy Dick has joined a growing list of celebrities who have recently entered into a televised drug rehab program. Dick, known for his outlandish antics and frequent reality show appearances, and was recently the focal point of several embarrassing incidents around Los Angeles, will [...]

Many people believe that the United States is home to worst drug problem in the world. And while images from the evening news all over America would certainly lead one to that assumption, there are actually much more severe addiction and trafficking situation found elsewhere [...]

When TV host and ex-wife of Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2006, few were surprised. Yates had struggled with heroin and drug addiction for much of her adult life. Much sadder is the news that Yates [...]

Crystal meth use is continuing to spread across the globe like a runaway forest fire. With strong, addictive effects, Methamphetamine use is destroying the health and well being of young people around the world. In response to the growing problem of meth use, several anti-drug [...]

Already serving time in prison for driving while under the influence of heroin, Garret Reid, the son of Philadelphia Eagles’ coach Andy Reid, was recently sentenced to two years probation recently for trying to smuggle drugs in the Montgomery County jail where he was incarcerated. [...]

Teenagers and adolescents who have an alcohol or drug abuse problem are putting their long-term health at great risk. From the age of 12 through 20 years old, a young person’s body is in transition. Drugs and alcohol alters the system during this crucial period [...]

For many years, alcohol and drug rehabs programs have allowed their patients to continue smoking tobacco cigarettes during treatment. The philosophy behind this contradiction was simple – asking the individual to quit drugs AND nicotine at the same time would create high levels of stress [...]

When a young person who is seemingly at the height of their life dies as a result of drug use it is a true tragedy. But when that individual is in the public eye, there is hope that some good can come from an otherwise [...]

It has been almost fifteen years since New York police detectives had to deal with China Cat – a powerful heroin blend that ravaged the world’s largest city in the late summer of 1994. The 13 accidental overdose deaths that China Cat caused in a [...]