by Valiant | Jul 30, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse
Recent figures and details have caused many to describe the rates as alarmingly high. In the past higher mortality rates among former prisoners was high but no efforts were made to determine why this was the case or to perform an in depth investigation of this. In the...
by Valiant | Jul 30, 2015 | designer drugs, Drug abuse, Illegal drug production
Some interesting facts and statistics about this drug include: The most common users of LSD are white males between the ages of 18 and 22 years old. This type of substance abuse can have long lasting effects. A single dose can last 12 hours or more, and there have...
by Valiant | May 29, 2015 | Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, mental illness and disorders
Sometimes it can be difficult even for trained medical professionals and mental health specialists to distinguish between these two until a thorough and extensive evaluation has been done. If both substance abuse and mental illness are present then specialized...
by Valiant | May 25, 2015 | Drug abuse, Prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise, and marketing has to take some of the blame. Every time you turn on the television pharmaceutical companies are advertising new drugs for every condition under the sun. The list of side effects and possible complications with...
by Valiant | May 11, 2015 | Alcohol abuse, arrests for substance abuse, Drug abuse
In the USA and around the world many thousands of people are locked up in jail because they developed an addiction. This has led many to question whether substance abuse should be a criminal justice issue or if these problems should be treated as a medical issue as...