Given marijuana is now legal in more states than ever before, it should be no surprise that questions about marijuana have become topics of fiery discussion, debate, scientific study and proposed legislative policymaking. (All references listed at conclusion of article.) Medical marijuana, in particular, has been showing itself to be a valuable tool to help…
DetailsA July 2021 news release by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced the results of a study that showed significant benefits were received by people with opioid use disorder experiencing opioid withdrawal symptoms when emergency department staff administered high-dose buprenorphine upon discharge from the hospital.[1] This study, which was supported by NIDA and…
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The early days of recovery can find us coming up with what seems like a question a minute! “What do I do when an old friend calls or comes over to see me?” “If I have an urge to drink or use in the middle of the night when no meetings are going on, what…
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Addiction treatment, such as for alcohol recovery, is a range of programs meant to aid people in recovering from addiction to alcohol or another substance. Addiction treatment’s goal is patient sobriety. Treatment typically begins by evaluating the correct combination of services and clinical methods that will result in a patient’s whole-body healing. BoardPrep Recovery Center®…
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Whether you’re relatively new to recovery or you’ve been involved in recovery for a long time, you’d probably agree there are many areas of our lives that require a new approach, a new focus or taking steps along a new path, if we’re going to build and sustain a new life, one day at a…
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Based on recent research findings, the destructive nature of addiction is continuing to ruin people’s lives across the nation. According to a report just published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based on data available for analysis as of July 4, 2021, U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2020 increased by nearly one…
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The men and women who work in the healthcare industry as physicians are often mistakenly perceived as being “superhuman” by their patients and the community, in general, especially when it comes to being exemplary models of physical and mental health. But the same anxiety, stress, illness and addiction that affects everyone else can afflict medical…
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Dual diagnosis for addiction is a treatment method that simultaneously addresses substance use and a mental health disorder. Treating these co-occurring disorders together provides patients with a better chance of fully recovering and avoiding relapse. Historically, medical professionals and rehab centers focused their attention sequentially. This meant treating addiction by itself before attempting to address…
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Heroin is a drug in the opioid family. Its short-acting nature means it has a significant impact following usage but leaves the bloodstream relatively quickly. The way it rapidly leaves the bloodstream means withdrawal periods for heroin are shorter than for other drugs. While this implies withdrawal symptoms will emerge within less than a day…
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Young adults should heed the mounting evidence regarding marijuana’s effects on the young adult brain. In a recent evidence-based review of research published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, Dr. R.D. Crean et al bring forward the results of a wide array of evidence-based studies on the effects of marijuana use on cognition, identifying a…
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