Category: Addiction

How Addiction Affects Families

image of how Addiction Affects Families An individual can be addicted to any number of things such as sex, gambling, pornography, drugs, alcohol, and so forth. In this article, we will focus on how drugs and alcohol affect an individual and the family. Globally, more than 29.5 million individuals suffer from a drug use problem and 76 million people suffer from [...]
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Middle-Aged Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Couple working through Middle-Aged Alcohol and Drug Abuse Middle-Aged Alcohol and Drug Abuse mortality rates are on the rise, but this bucks the image of it mainly affecting the younger generations. In general, alcohol and drug abuse are thought to be the most problematic among younger generations, as statistics on the prevalence of substance use typically reflect this. For instance, in 2014, only [...]
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Latest Studies Focus on Adolescents and Substance Abuse

adolescents and substance abuse - Girl drinking alcohol Dr. Mark Gold's Research You Can Use Alcohol-related cirrhosis increase due to adolescents and substance abuse Deaths in the United States, as a consequence of cirrhosis, have risen by 65 percent and fatalities owing to liver cancer have doubled from 1999 to 2016. This increase in deaths has been noted in both the genders and [...]
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Demi Lovato Drug Overdose – Saved by Narcan

Demi Lovato Overdose was reversed with Narcan Contributor: Mark S. Gold, M.D., Professor, Washington University School of Medicine - Department of Psychiatry Co-contributor: Jessica Gold, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine - Department of Psychiatry Demi Lovato was hospitalized after reportedly overdosing in her Hollywood Hills home [1]. While we do not know many details, we [...]
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