Category: Drug Treatment

Some people say that you can’t be successful in drug and alcohol rehab if you don’t really want to go. Others say that successful drug addiction treatment goes deeper than that, that you have to lose everything before you can fully understand how vital it [...]

Painkillers, especially opiate painkillers, are extremely addictive. It doesn’t matter who you are: if you take prescription medications like OxyContin, hydrocodone, Xanax, Vicodin, Fentanyl or codeine, you will build up a tolerance to the drug, requiring more and more to achieve the initial pain killing [...]

Although it came and went from theaters with little fanfare, the 2006 film Half Nelson was celebrated by critics for actor Ryan Gosling’s stand out performance, as well as the movie’s unflinchingly real look at drug addiction. Gosling plays a middle school teacher in a [...]

One of the most serious issues pertaining to medical treatment in the United States concerns doctors who have developed a drug addiction, yet continue to provide care to their patients without receiving proper treatment themselves. For years, this problem went unchecked in the medical community, [...]

Commonly, individuals with a drug addiction see their problem get worse because they live with it in isolation. They are too ashamed or unwilling to reach out for help from the very people who can help them get things turned out. The following represent the [...]

Drug addiction is obviously a bad thing. Almost everyone knows about the physical, psychological, financial and social toll drugs can on an individual and his or her family. Yet well over half of those who suffer with drug addiction do not get the treatment they [...]

In October, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s travelling museum exhibit, Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, made it’s way to Los Angeles for an extended run at the city’s California Science Center. The exhibit is a truly unique way to spread the word [...]

After an alcohol fueled binge with his 20 year old girlfriend, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood entered into rehab for alcohol addiction, drug addiction and compulsive sexual behabvior. The 61 year old is now facing legal troubles as his wife prepares to sue him for [...]

According to a recent report released by the drug recovery group Narconon, teenagers who engage in alcohol abuse are more likely to become addicted to alcohol or drugs as adults than their peers who do not drink. The report shines a light on the perception [...]

The hit VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab kicks off its second season on October 23rd and brings with it a new batch of famous people from the world of entertainment who have set their careers aside to work with host Dr. Drew Pinsky in an [...]