Street Names for Cocaine

Statistics demonstrate nearly 7 percent of teens have tried cocaine by the senior year of high school and half have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time high school is finished. The more parents know about what children are doing and what is happening in peer groups, the easier it is to recognize Read More…

How to Help Someone with Heroin Addiction

When first making the discovery of a loved one using drugs, especially heroin, the feelings that arise range from confusion to powerlessness. It can feel overwhelming to understand what happened. The road to recovery can be long but it is possible. Learn how to help a loved one with addiction navigate the road back to Read More…

How Does Tolerance to Vicodin Develop?

A tolerance to Vicodin means that the individual who is taking it no longer feels its effects. As a result they have to take more and more of the drug to feel its effects. The individual’s body has most likely developed a tolerance to Vicodin. Developing a tolerance to Vicodin does not necessarily mean that Read More…

How Addiction Changes the Brain

How can addiction be defined? NIDA, which is the National Institute of Drug Abuse has defined addiction as a ‘chronic relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences’. A chronic disease is one that is long lasting and can’t be cured, but it can be managed with treatment. Read More…

How to Help a Loved One Prevent Relapse

Addiction relapse is an unfortunate reality of recovery. Any individual who is battling addiction must face the fact of relapse. However, not every individual in recovery relapses. As a matter of fact, an estimated half of all those individuals treated for an addiction for the first time, will not relapse and will remain successfully in Read More…

Why Do Safe Injection Sites Exist?

What is a safe injection site? A safe injection site, also known as ‘supervised injection facility’ or ‘drug consumption facility’ is a legally sanctioned, medically supervised facility which is designed to provide individuals with an addiction a safe and hygienic environment in which they can take illegal drugs intravenously. The idea is also to reduce Read More…

What is the Silk Road and Dark Web?

Silk Road was an online black market, on the Dark Web. It was a platform for selling illegal drugs, like cocaine, heroin and amphetamines. Because it was part of the Dark Web, it was operated as a Tor hidden service, which meant that online users were able to browse it anonymously. Silk Road was launched Read More…

Can Vitamins Help Me in Recovery?

Vitamin therapy is one way people in recovery are taking ownership of health and wellness. Malnutrition is a common side effect among people who struggle with alcoholism and substances. Substance users suffer at a greater rate due to decreased food ingestion and in some cases impaired metabolism and absorption processes. It may lead to vitamin Read More…

How Does Tolerance to Cocaine Develop?

Cocaine is powerful and addictive. Even after one single use, initial tolerance to the drug may develop. Many users report it is difficult to get the same level of euphoria and pleasure achieved during first cocaine exposure. Cocaine can be addictive after the first use. Cocaine addiction develops over time typically as tolerance builds. Learn Read More…