When an individual is struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD), the very nature of the disorder can make it difficult to identify if their Substance Use is a Problem. Many people who struggle with a SUD identify feelings of “powerlessness” over their use and find that their life has become “unmanageable” — this is [...]
Parents of teenage children may be underestimating the potential for abusing cough medicines that are readily available at most aisles of any pharmacy or grocery store. It is estimated 1 in 11 teens abuse cough medicines or other over-the-counter drugs. The 2017 results of the annual survey of Monitoring the Future revealed the percentage of [...]
Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal drugs like heroin as well as prescription drugs like fentanyl, oxycodone (OxyContin®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), codeine, morphine, and many others. [5] While not everyone who is prescribed or has tried opioids will go on to abuse them, they are highly addictive due to their powerful ability to [...]
It’s likely you’ve seen the nation’s opioid epidemic in the news lately, as opioid use, misuse (or use disorder), and overdose has vastly increased in the past several years. Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Opioids are a class of drugs [...]
Every year that substance abuse is delayed during the adolescent brain development, the risk of substance abuse disorder decreases. Research shows that substance abuse initiated earlier in adolescence is indicative of a greater prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) into adulthood. Amid the present epidemic of opioid use disorder and overdose mortality, making the prevention [...]
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