Addiction Treatment

How Black Tar Heroin is Different from White Heroin For as long as man has existed, drugs in various forms have been a deliverance as well as a curse. Heroin, a derivative of opium from the poppy plant, has certainly traveled that path. Opium has given rise to other drugs besides heroin, including morphine and […]

Another Grunge Legend Lost to Addiction and Mental Health Health Issues Chris Cornell, iconic frontman and a key figure in the Seattle grunge movement, was found dead last Thursday following a performance with Soundgarden at the MGM Grand Detroit. Authorities ruled it a suicide by hanging. Cornell, 52, was found dead shortly after speaking with

Nobody’s grandma or grandpa, until later in life, ever had access to a single treatment plan for co-occurring addictive and mental disorders. Utilization of dual therapy is damn modern — really just a smidge older than public internet use. For the psychiatric researchers whose staunch work throughout the 1980s proved the dual therapy approach enhances

The costs of substance abuse in the workplace Addiction affects more than just those who’re addicted. Even if someone is a high-functioning alcoholic or addict, the ramifications of alcohol and drug abuse lead to many problems other than missing work and productivity loss. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc. (NCADD),

Gloucester’s Angel Program urges law enforcement to rethink how they treat addiction In May of 2015, a revolutionary addiction treatment initiative was started in Gloucester, a small fishing town on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Like the rest of the country, they were hit hard by the opioid epidemic and sick of seeing those who