The teenage phase is a stage where adolescents are likely to make decisions that can make or mar their lives. This is why they need all the love, care, and guidance they can get. One of the realities in this current age is, many teenagers are addicted to substances. The sad part is, there’s not …
Drug and alcohol abuse are jointly referred to as substance abuse. It is a condition where individuals misuse these substances to the point where it begins to affect them negatively. No one is excluded when it comes to substance abuse, as it cuts across all ages- from childhood to adulthood. Parents and caregivers have …
Substance abuse in Teenagers is problematic for many reasons. One of the primary reasons is, teenagers are at a critical phase of development. So, whatever actions they take has a profound input in shaping their future. If Teenagers begin to abuse substances at this stage, it is very dangerous because there is a high tendency …
Alternative medicine is the phrase for medical products and practices that do not belong to the standard care cliché. Standard care is what health providers like nurses, doctors and the likes practice. One of the reasons why alternative medicine has come to stay is because of the human uniqueness. Health providers have discovered that we …
Rohypnol, also known colloquially as “roofies”, is an illegal substance that is known as a date rape drug for the fact that alcohol is often laced with this illegal substance as a means of sedating and incapacitating others. As a very powerful depressant, when mixed with other depressants the result may lead to death or …
Although most teenagers who try illicit substances do not go on to become habitual drug users or to develop a substance abuse disorder, the majority of those who do go on to become problematic drug abusers will have first entered this dark and murky world of vice in their formative adolescent years. Teen drug abuse, …
In the United States and elsewhere opiates were introduced to the masses via painkillers that contain opioid substances. However, these drugs that numb pain also produce a sense of euphoria in the user, and this imbues these drugs with a large potential for addiction. An example of an opioid based drug used as a painkiller …
In order to treat drug addiction we must first define just what drug addiction is. Simply put, drug addiction describes a pattern of behavior by which an individual finds themselves compulsively administering a drug despite this pattern of behavior leading to negative life outcomes. The chronic nature of the abuse despite negative consequences is the …
Every individual is unique and the circumstances in which an individual might find themselves are just as varied as the amount of people in this world – if not more. That is why a standard, cookie cutter drug and alcohol addiction treatment program may not always suit the needs of the individual and their requirements …