Posts Tagged ‘Drug Abuse’

Everyone you talk to seems to think you’ve completely screwed up your life with drugs. Your parents, your siblings, your grandparents, your friends – everyone. The only people who seem to get it are other people you party with. They don’t judge you, they just [...]

The risk for suicide comes from two directions – the physical effects of the drugs on the body and mind, and person’s outlook on their life as their addiction has left a path of destruction. To show you the bigger picture, let’s take a look [...]

Compulsion is something that both drug addiction and overeating share. This means that a drug addict and a compulsive eater both have a seemingly irresistible urge to use drugs or eat almost continuously. Even when painful consequences arise, people with these problems often keep going [...]

Heroin addiction is a problem across the country and around the world, but attention turned to the heroin addiction epidemic in Long Island two years ago when the grossly high numbers first hit the news. Now, tales of heroin addiction in Long Island are again [...]

Here’s a case of drug addiction ruining not only the life of the addict but those around her: a woman in Denver was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison for exchanging drug-filled syringes with used syringes that were contaminated with hepatitis C. A former [...]

There are few instances in which Democrats and Republicans agree on anything, much less join forces, and legislation reform is rarely a unifying topic. According to State Bill Colorado and KDVR, House Bill 1352 may be one of those rare items of unity. What Drug [...]

As a productive NFL running back for the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons, Jamaal Anderson was once famous for dancing the “dirty bird” every time he made it into the end zone. Now however, the 36 year old ex-NFL great is tangoing with law enforcement over [...]

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 [...]