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“Marijuana Time” 420 – Not Just a Number Anymore Everyone has heard references to April 20th as “National Pot Smokers’ Day,” an unofficial holiday in the marijuana smoking community. There are various stories claiming to explain the significance of 420, as it’s called around the world, but here’s the real scoop. In 1971, a group
April is the NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) Alcohol Awareness Month. To increase public awareness and to diminish the stigma of alcoholism, the NCADD has chosen the theme of Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking. According to NCADD, more than 18 million Americans suffer from alcohol use disorders. Beyond that single
Myth, Madness and Marijuana Dependence Not everyone who smokes marijuana grows addicted to this drug. Addiction to any substance is based upon a combination of factors: genetic, environmental, psychosocial, age of onset of use, and use of other drugs. Many believe that marijuana is not addictive. First, it should be noted that the marijuana available
The Role of Medicine in Addiction Treatment For centuries, people have believed that addiction to drugs or alcohol was a weakness in character. All one needed to do was decide not to drink or use a drug. Failure and heartbreak faced both the addict and the addict’s family when will power alone was not enough
Before the mid-1990s, the odds of an underage drinker involved in a fatal car crash were heavily stacked against young males at any blood alcohol level. New statistics reveal that since 1996, the gender gap has almost closed. There are two new realities revealed in the statistics. First, fatal accidents among underage male drunk drivers
God Centered Recovery: Faith Based Drug Rehab God centered recovery is a spiritual program. Many addicts and alcoholics are unfamiliar with the difference between religion and spirituality. Religion is a man made term that suggests the path to God which involves rules and regulations. Spirituality is about a personal relationship with your Higher Power and
Kava Kava: Seeking a New High? For hundreds of years, the people of the Pacific Islands have been drinking a ceremonial tea called Kava. The ritual drink is used to foster strong kinship and to communicate with the spirits. Until recently, patterns of use were controlled by ritual, much like the Native Americans who use
Opana Creates a Deadly High – New Prescription Drug Addiction Drugs are a medical wonder—at least when used with caution and as prescribed. Drugs that help relieve intense chronic pain for late stage cancer patients have been extraordinary at the end stages of these suffers’s lives. Unfortunately, these wonder drugs have found their way out
Basemen Loaded: DUI in the MLB History of Alcohol and the MLB Major League Baseball has always had a rocky relationship with alcohol. The National League was created by William Hulburt. When Hulburt was not happy with the alcoholic antics and gambling behavior of players, he banned gambling and alcoholic beverages at ballparks. In 1882,
Millions of Children at Risk for Alcohol Abuse from Alcoholic Parents One in four children less than eighteen years of age suffers from living with an active alcoholic parent! According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration news report, 7.5 million children under 18 years of age lived with a parent struggling with
