Oct 15, 2012 | News
Learning Tools to Live Life Sober While in Treatment for Addiction One of the most important aspects of residential or inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction is the implementation of life skills training. Life skills training helps prevent relapse and...
Oct 12, 2012 | News
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has recently concluded a study wherein the participants suffered from both drug addiction and schizophrenia. Both of these disorders result in either the additional release or decrease of dopamine in different areas of the...
Oct 11, 2012 | News
Alcohol and drug-related traffic accidents appear to be on the rise in Florida. Spencer Aronfeld, a Miami wrongful-death accident lawyer and founder of Lawyers to the Rescue, contends that prevention, not punishment, is the key to decreasing drunk-driving accidents....
Oct 11, 2012 | News
Only about ten percent of Americans with substance abuse problems receive the help and treatment they need, according to a report released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. In order to provide more assistance to...
Oct 10, 2012 | News
Alcohol enemas, commonly referred to as “butt chugging” among college students, seems to have become the latest on-campus fraternity prank. A 20-year-old University of Tennessee student was recently hospitalized with severe alcohol poisoning as a result of imbibing...
Oct 9, 2012 | News
According to a survey recently conducted by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the number of people aged 18 to 25 who used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes is on the decline. Underage drinking is also showing signs...
