Category: Prescription Drug Addiction

With the recent success of national drug drop-off days, many police departments and community departments are stepping up to make it easier for residents to get rid of their unused and unwanted prescription drugs all year-round. This not only helps decrease pollution in the water [...]

The United States government has long taken an interest in lowering the rates of drug and alcohol addiction in this country and around the world. To that end, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has created the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative, a day that asks [...]

Medications are not always necessary during prescription drug addiction detox, but in many cases, they can be extremely helpful in assisting you in decreasing the length of time you spend in detox, diminishing the withdrawal symptoms you experience and helping you to move forward more [...]

Many in recovery from prescription drug addiction report that it is difficult for them to ask for help. Some point to the results of the last time they reached out for assistance and received in return a prescription that caused an addiction. Others say that [...]

Teen drug and alcohol addiction is often the focus of discussions on heroin abuse, but drug addicts and drug abusers over the age of 50 number around 1.7 million in the United States, and that number is expected to rise to 4.4 million by the [...]

As your parents get older, it’s difficult to watch them need more and more medical treatment. The number of prescriptions tend to pile up and keeping track of what they’re taking for which issue can get sticky. Your parents want to be autonomous for as [...]

When you enroll in prescription drug rehab, your counselors and medical team have four basic goals for you: physical healing, psychological balance, peer support, and relapse prevention. When you develop these areas during treatment, you give yourself everything you need to remain drug free long [...]

Across the country, different states are trying to implement state-wide systems that monitor the prescriptions for drugs of addiction including hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, amphetamines and others. The hope is to prevent multiple prescriptions for opiates and amphetamines that are fraudulent that could result in drug [...]

There are some myths out there about addictive drugs, claiming that some are safer than others. While some drugs can certainly hit hard more quickly than others, any addictive drug has the potential to seriously hurt someone’s life. Even medication that is intended to help [...]

Together with Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette ruled the country music scene for years. Born in rural Mississippi, she died in Nashville 56 years later and in between created some of the most memorable music ever made, married five times, had four daughters [...]