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Why Addiction Occurs Among Nurses

Studies show that of all professions that are deemed highly stressful careers, nursing is identified as being in the top 10. Nurses serve the doctors, interns, patients, and family members of patients....

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Preventing Overdose Deaths in South Bend, IN

South Bend, IN, has been dealing with drug overdoses for some time now. Many of these instances have been fatal. The epidemic of substance abuse has been happening across the world as well, and people...

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Superb Benefits of Holistic Addiction Treatment Programs

Addiction to drugs and alcohol devastates every aspect of life for the addict and those around them. Fortunately, there are holistic addiction treatment programs available today that provide a healing...

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What to Expect in Inpatient Rehab

People who are struggling with substance abuse do not have to go through it alone. For a person who is experiencing a substance abuse problem, the thought of enrolling in an inpatient drug rehab is...

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The Possibilities of Drug Recovery are Endless

Addiction is a cunning, baffling and powerful mental illness that causes people to completely transform and lose sight of who they are. They forget about what and who matters the most to them in life,...

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The Growing Problem with Teenage Substance Abuse

There are many different risk factors that can potentially make a person an addict, but the biggest one is when a person is in their teens. Young people are more prone to addiction than any other age...

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The Different Types of Prescription Drug Abuse

The biggest problem drugs in the world today are prescription medications. Not only do we hear the tragic stories of celebrities passing away from prescription drug overdoses, but these medications are...

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Inpatient Addiction Centers Offer Help for Addicts

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that more than 23 million people in the United States entered drug rehab programs as a way to recover from their addictions in a...

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There is Help for Alcohol Addiction

Those who suffer from alcoholism often get stuck in a cycle of drinking where they feel like they’recompletely hopeless. Alcoholism only affects about one percent of the population, and many people who...

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The Benefits of Inpatient Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers

We all want to live long and prosperous lives, and we’d never go out of our way to make our goals more difficult to achieve. Unfortunately for about ten percent of Americans over age twelve, however,...

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Seniors and Rx Med Abuse

While you may not think of the elderly as a high risk group for drug abuse, the fact is that abuse of prescription drugs is on the rise for adults older than age 65. Part of the reason? This group...

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Indiana DUI Rates

Like many other states, driving under the influence is a major problem in Indiana. Despite the fact that Indiana has enacted many laws in recent years to deter people from drinking and driving, this...

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Indiana Heroin HIV Outbreak

Scott County, which is located in Indiana, has experienced a huge increase in the number of HIV cases. According to health officials, 142 HIV cases have been confirmed in Scott County this year. All of...

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Detox: Life-Changing and Life-Saving

The brain of an addict is not a rational mind. The brain of an addict wants its drug of choice more than anything. It has grown accustomed to the high (or low) that it provides. Being without its drug...

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The Warning Signs of Drug Addiction

It’s often difficult to come to terms with the fact that a family member, friend, or co-worker is suffering from a drug addiction. You may try to blame stress, lack of sleep, or other causes when it’s...

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Help With Alcohol Detox

Alcohol detox is an important beginning to recovery. Alcohol detox can be frightening and very dangerous for a person to deal with and seeking the help from a professional is vitally important. Detox...

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What Are the Long-Term Effects of Using Bath Salts?

Bath salts are a new synthetic drug derived from the khat plant that is found in East Africa.  Public health officials classify this drug as an NPS (new psychoactive substance).  This drug, known as...

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Seeking Help for a Loved One With an Addiction Problem

Seeking help for a loved one with an addiction problem is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tasks you’ll have to face in a lifetime.  How do you know which program is best?  Do you know if they...

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What to do When Your Loved One Doesn’t Want Help for Addiction

It is very seldom that you will find someone with an addiction who will admit that they need help. Addicts, by nature, do not see themselves as others do. The addiction causes changes in the brain...

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Short and Long Term Dangers of Abusing Bath Salts

The dangers of abusing bath salts are equally as serious as the risks presented by many other illegal drugs on the streets today.  Bath salts are a psychoactive substance that simulates the effects of...

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