Admissions to hospitals from adverse reactions due to Ecstasy abuse have skyrocketed. In 2008 emergency room physicians treated 75% more patients intoxicated with Ecstasy than they did in 2004. That’s bad news in its own right. But there’s more bad news. The skyrocketing statistic doesn’t reveal the real problem. which is that Ecstasy abuse is [...]
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“Faces of Heroin Abuse.”
There’s a reason you don’t see old ho’s, the 37 year old prostitute grittily opined. The girls either get out or they die. Denise Warren is not an old ho yet, but she’s getting there. And she hasn’t been able to “get out”. Which puts her in the severely at risk column. She knows it [...]
“Why marijuana must remain illegal.”
Marijuana is a toxin, a gateway drug and the cause on its own of untold misery. One child I know just finished a stint in an Dulon uth drug rehab program. He was hooked on marijuana. Oh so you’ve heard you can’t get hooked have you. Perhaps not in the same way that certain prescription [...]
“How to put a smile back on that face of Meth.”
Meth addiction changes the face of one’s life and the life of one’s face. Literally. A site dedicated to exposing the radical effect meth addiction has on a person, “Faces of Meth” went viral. If you’re worried whether someone you love is an addict to meth, the warning signs of meth addiction are clear. They [...]
“The high cost of not knowing the signs of drug abuse.”
Most of the mistakes I made in this life, I made because I didn’t know any better. Mind you, that’s not an excuse. I could have known better, I should have known better, but I didn’t take the time to learn the answers to the problems that I faced. Such was the case with three [...]
“How to tell if your teen is using drugs.”
“Confront your teen about their drug use but don’t be confrontational. Make it safe to communicate with you. Don’t judge or criticize. Help.”
