http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com All over the U.S. there are sober living communities. People who use to drink or take drugs live there, away from their homes, friends, families and careers, sometimes for years, decades, or forever, in an attempt to stay clean and sober. While not to den... http://www.articlealley.com/article_660451_17.html 10th October 2008 People assume that if a drug is approved by the FDA, it’s safe. Obviously that’s not the case. If it were, we wouldn’t be facing a prescription drug addiction and abuse epidemic. What many people don’t understand is how the FDA works. If you want ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_659426_17.html 08th October 2008 Recently, 120 university presidents joined a movement aimed at lowering the drinking age to 18. They feel there would be less alcohol addiction and abuse if alcohol were more accessible. Since there are no statistics to support this theory, and plenty t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_659308_17.html 07th October 2008 Illicit drug use, including prescription drug addiction and abuse, is rampant among baby boomers, according to the just-released National Survey on Drug Use and Health. An earlier analysis predicted that 4.4 Americans over 50 would have addiction proble... http://www.articlealley.com/article_653512_17.html 30th September 2008 If heroin addicts don’t have access to a long-term residential drug addiction treatment center they sometimes turn to solutions that simply reduce the potential harm caused by the addiction. Safe injections sites are a prime example. Insite, the first... http://www.articlealley.com/article_650776_17.html 29th September 2008 An article was recently published in the newspaper about a father whose 20-year-old daughter died of a heroin overdose. He has now retired from his business, is the president of a drug addiction prevention group, and tells his story in schools and other... http://www.articlealley.com/article_650754_17.html 29th September 2008 Is America playing into the hands of big pharma? According to the latest statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), prescription drugs have officially become the drugs of choice among America’s youth. Why... http://www.articlealley.com/article_650692_17.html 29th September 2008 In the last year or two, Ohio has seen a significant increase in heroin addiction and the deaths, crime, illness and ruined lives that go with it. Why the sudden problem? Some experts feel it’s largely due to prescription drug addiction and abuse, e... http://www.articlealley.com/article_649666_17.html 26th September 2008 There are a lot of reasons behind the substance abuse problem in the U.S. but perhaps one of the most significant is the number of people who don’t think they have a problem or, if they do, don’t try to get help. The just-released results of the N... http://www.articlealley.com/article_648361_17.html 25th September 2008 In the last year or two, Ohio has seen a significant increase in heroin addiction and the deaths, crime, illness and ruined lives that go with it. Why the sudden problem? Some experts feel it’s largely due to prescription drug addiction and abuse, espec... http://www.articlealley.com/article_641294_17.html 17th September 2008 If you’re worried about someone you know who’s taking drugs getting into criminal activity, you have every reason to be. The number of people in prison for drug-related offenses highlights just how many people are actually taking drugs and getting i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_621496_17.html 05th September 2008 In a recent interview Stephen Pasierb, President and CEO of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, referred to prescription drugs as the new gateway drugs. Kids and young adults who wouldn’t consider taking heroin or cocaine are taking prescription dr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_609426_17.html 25th August 2008 When it comes to prescription painkillers, we really seem to be between a rock and a hard place. After God knows how many people were killed, injured or turned into drug addicts with OxyContin, doctors started looking for alternatives. Many chose methadon... http://www.articlealley.com/article_600786_17.html 16th August 2008 But everyone drinks in college, right? You drank in college and you’re doing okay. So, what’s the big deal? Why does drinking in college mean the student should get treatment from an alcohol rehab center? Well, things may have changed since you went t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_596239_17.html 13th August 2008 Years ago, when parents thought their kids weren’t the type to take drugs, they were probably right. Now there’s about a one in five chance they’re wrong. What’s really fuelling pres... http://www.articlealley.com/article_589807_17.html 24th July 2008 After six weeks, cocaine dispensers were put in the cages. The rats had to press levers to get the cocaine, and the number of presses needed was continually increased. The exercised rats stopped trying when they had to press 70 times to get a hit, while t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_587193_17.html 23rd July 2008 If you were worried about your kids eating sugar when they were young, that's nothing compared to what you can expect when they go to college - but we’re not talking about sugar, we’re talking about alcohol and the relatively new high, energy drinks. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_550542_17.html 04th June 2008 Did you know that nearly 10% of Florida’s sixth graders binge drink? Did you know that percentage increases to 30% by the time the kids are in high school? Did you know that the prevalence of prescription drug abuse is so high that Florida is now nickn... http://www.articlealley.com/article_524760_17.html 28th April 2008 Some states are getting on the bandwagon when it comes to using drug rehab to curb criminal activity, but there is still far too little being done. If you have ever asked yourself why one out of every 100 adults in America are incarcerated, putting drug a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_519797_17.html 18th April 2008 The recent survey conducted by Nature was quite a shocker: 25% of the 1400 respondents have already taken what are now called ‘cognitive-enhancing’ drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall. Granted, some of them stopped because of the side effects – hopef... http://www.articlealley.com/article_519715_17.html 18th April 2008 Some parents who dabbled in drugs when they were in their teens or early twenties may hear of their own kids smoking marijuana and not be too worried about it. After all, you lived through it and it seemed relatively harmless. What you may not know is tha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_510987_17.html 07th April 2008 If you’re still wondering whether prescription drug abuse is really a problem, check out these startling facts from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Amazingly, these statistics only include ‘abuse’ – there are millions more people who are taking... http://www.articlealley.com/article_498452_17.html 27th March 2008 It has been said that relapse is part of recovery, but when parents are worried about their kids and want to find a good rehab program to help them, that’s the last thing they want to hear. Parents need to know that their child’s chances of recovery a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_494615_23.html 25th March 2008 A good drug rehab program helps the person with their life problems, but parents also play a role Have you ever wondered why the U.S. and many other countries, right down to their cities and small towns, have developed drug cultures so severe that ev... http://www.articlealley.com/article_492735_17.html 20th March 2008 Since state law has curbed the sale of the ingredients for methamphetamine, meth labs in Minnesota have been closing left and right. Unfortunately, it’s not doing much to handle the drug problem overall as meth users are simply turning to cocaine. When ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_483798_17.html 29th February 2008 The Purdue Pharma settlement from the OxyContin hearings includes $44 million for West Virginia. There are fewer than 300 drug treatment beds available in the entire state and 14,000 people, that officials know about, need help. People addicted to and dep... http://www.articlealley.com/article_483787_17.html 29th February 2008 A new Bill was recently submitted to the House Health and Welfare Committee to allow random drug testing of adults who apply for or are already receiving public monies such as welfare, food stamps, or assistance under Kentucky’s medical assistance progr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_483774_17.html 29th February 2008