Category Archives: Industry News
Judge Not
16 Aug 2016Suffering from an addiction brings with it wrongful judgment in different forms. If someone has been diagnosed with a disease, the only place they should be ‘locked up’ is in a hospital. Prosecuting someone of a drug crime, given...
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Outdated ER
28 Jul 2016An abusive disorder officially classified as a psychological disorder should be treated as such. While the physical consequences may be the most common reason for a visit to the emergency room (ER), once the physical threats are abated,...
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Social Phobia: A Risk Factor for Alcoholism in Teens?
26 Jul 2016The best way to solve a problem is to get to its root and aim to prevent its onset. Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) have been a plague on society for quite some time, with adolescents proving to be a much-affected group. A 2013 survey...
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Insomniac Woes
19 Jul 2016Insomnia is a beast that plagues more than 6 million Americans. The cause of insomnia can be anything from a medical condition, including mental disorders, to the use of prescription and illicit drugs. (more…)
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The Inevitability of Side Effects
07 Jul 2016Perfection doesn’t exist, and prescription drugs are no anomaly. There is a multitude of medications available on the shelves. As useful as they have proven to be to treat the disease or disorder they were made to treat, they bring...
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Don’t Look Back
05 Jul 2016An often overlooked part of the penal system is the rate of recidivism. In the event of it being a drug related crime, the rate of recidivism may be reduced with the involvement of a substance abuse treatment regime. The Child Development...
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Getting Under Your Skin – Some facts about Ekbom Syndrome
28 Jun 2016Do you freak out at the sight of bugs – creepy-crawly bugs? Entertain the thought that there are some people who experience a feeling of crawling bugs in and on their bodies. This is called Ekbom Syndrome, also known as delusional...
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Marijuana’s Effect on Emotions
23 Jun 2016There are many states in the US that are slowly but surely warming up to the legal presence of marijuana in medical and recreational settings. The advent of the Colorado Amendment 64, compounded with many inconclusive studies on marijuana's...
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Does Smoking the Green Lower the Green in Your Wallet?
21 Jun 2016Sure, there have been reports on marijuana usage and its crippling effect on neurological and social development but what about marijuana’s effect on socioeconomic status? A New Zealand longitudinal study tracked the lives of 1000...
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Fentanyl, a more Lethal Dead Ringer for Heroin
14 Jun 2016You might be wondering, "What is fentanyl, exactly?" A surge in opiate-related deaths would probably get the average person to think that heroin and morphine usage has increased. As luck would have it, this is not the case. Fentanyl...
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