The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) estimates two million Americans are addicted to opiates or opioids. If you or someone you love is struggling with opiate addiction, there is hope for recovery. The first step in recovering from opiate addiction is understanding what it is and how treatment works. Doing so doesn’t have to…
Drug substitution treats addiction by replacing opiates with less of a “high”. One of the most commonly used treatments for opiate addiction in America for many years has been to …
While the lead headline from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) touted “Marijuana use at historic highs among college-age adults,” the institute could have also released some positive headlines.
reportedly about a half a million veterans in the country who have become addicted to drugs. Additionally, 22 veterans commit suicide every day. These horrifying statistics are something that the Human Rights Watch wants to handle. They are aware that many of these veterans are suffering from drug addiction.