It isn’t easy to describe the 2020 holiday season. Under the best of circumstances, people are trying to coordinate meals, gifts, travel, and time off from work. This year, however, people are figuring out how to stay safe from the Covid-19 epidemic and cope…
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When most people think of drug and alcohol abuse, they may picture a homeless person with a liquor bottle, someone buying heroin on a street corner, or someone searching a medicine cabinet for a prescription benzodiazepine. They don’t often think of the cough…
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As science has evolved, a wide array of drugs are now available that can make a tremendous, positive difference in the lives of tens of millions of people who suffer from a variety of painful disorders. Sadly, as far as we have come, we still have a long way to…
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Cocaine can be a very addictive substance as it creates a rush of dopamine in the brain that increases feelings of pleasure. By altering the chemical composition of the brain, cocaine becomes increasingly difficult to quit.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse…
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Xanax, most commonly prescribed for anxiety and panic attacks, is a highly addictive benzodiazepine. Due to the fact that is very easy to develop a tolerance to Xanax, there is an extremely high potential for addiction, even when the drug is prescribed by a doctor….
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