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Friday, June 25th, 2010Capital Overdose In real estate, they say the most important factor is, “location, location, location,” and the same can be said for drug abuse. Year after year, national polls are conducted to see where the concentration of drug abuse and drug related problems exist. And year after year, some of America’s biggest cities continue to [...]
Adderal: A College Epidemic
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Adderall: A College Epidemic Problem: While every semester college students across the U.S. fall into the habit of sleeping and partying a lot more and studying a lot less, it seems that the illegal use of Adderall exponentially increases. Of the recent, this is become a true epidemic across many universities, colleges, and even high [...]
DRUG-USE STAGES
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Drug use can be viewed as a series of developmental stages: initiation, escalation, maintenance, discontinuation (sometimes including relapse), and recovery. Some clients go from one stage to another, others do not. Some relapse many times, whereas others bypass relapse altogether. INITIATION Drug experimentation typically begins during adolescence, in social settings during middle or high school. Teens rarely [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse Destroys Millions of Lives
Monday, May 17th, 2010More and more drug users are turning away from street drugs and using prescription drugs to get high. This has contributed to a high street value for pain pills and many individuals are selling their pills for big profit. According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drugs are second to [...]
Violence and Alcohol 101
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010The tragic death of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love last Monday ought to be a wake-up call to the nation’s colleges and universities not only of the peril of violence on campus but of the alcohol abuse that helps fuel it. George Huguely, the former boyfriend charged with her murder, has a history of [...]
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