Tough Love From Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges Isn’t the Way to Go When Dealing With Addicts and Small Time Drug Related Crimes
The stigma behind drug use, primarily drugs like heroin and other opioids is still strong in certain communities across North America. It’s easy for law enforcement and those responsible for dealing with the law when a case inevitably goes to trial, to paint a picture of the dangerous, unpredictable and criminal addict. Yes, some addicts, […]
Community, Teamwork And Fresh Thinking May Help Combat Heroin Use
Coming together is an excellent first step when it comes to dealing with the heroin epidemic across the US and Canada. As we’ve discussed and observed before heroin is no longer just an urban problem but is hitting small communities all across North America. Where there has been success in curbing the use of heroin […]
The Experimental and Infancy Period of Drug Use is When Loved Ones Need to Act
Here’s something that many of us forget about drug use and how it begins: No one sets out to become a drug addict, and because when it finally comes time to seek treatment, we often forget how this all started and can’t believe the situation we’re in now. Often drug use starts in the teens […]
Parents Need to Be On The Lookout For a New Drug That’s Taking Kids By Storm: Video Games
Kids these days may have an easier life than their parents or grandparents had. They may take certain luxuries and privileges for granted like computers, cellphones and for the purposes of this article, video games. For most kids video games are part of the fabric of every day life and offer a few blissful hours […]
The Shockingly Low Costs To Prevent Drug Addiction May Surprise You
With many communities all across North America declaring drug use an epidemic, especially prescription drug abuse, it was only a matter of time until health officials began to run the numbers so to speak when it comes to how much drug use and abuse is weighing on state and provincial budgets as well as how […]
Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops and Desktops. Is It Even a Surprise That Some Believe in Internet Addiction?
In the face of what most people would call “real addictions” such as alcoholism, drug addiction and other addictions like smoking, it may seem weird or even absurd to suggest that someone can become addicted to their computers and the internet. This type of addiction is a reality to many people, and like other addicts […]
A Computer System Linking Doctor’s Offices, Hospitals and Pharmacists May Help Curb Painkiller Abuse in Newfoundland and Labrador
There has been no shortage of news stories, especially in the health sections of major news sites, of Canadians succumbing to addiction at the hands of prescription medications. In particular, powerful painkillers that seem to be among the biggest offenders when it comes to getting people hooked on the high that these drugs offer when […]
A Doctor in Nova Scotia Reprimanded For Prescribing Narcotics to a Known Addict, But Was He Wrong in Doing So?
An incident in Nova Scotia seems to bring up a new problem in the fight against drug abuse, in particular addictive substances used to treat pain that we all know is a major health concern not only in Nova Scotia, but coast to coast across Canada. Thousands of people are struggling with their addiction issues […]
Nurses Specializing in Mental Health and Addiction Are Being Stationed in The Schools to Help At Risk Teens
Finding the required support systems and networks to keep teens off drugs can be a very difficult endeavor indeed, and when you live in a place that is referred to as “Oxy Town” this vital resource could not be in more demand. The real name of the Canadian town that is somewhat of the focus […]