Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
Think a Loved One Might be Addicted?
Do You Think a Loved One Might be Addicted? Follow the Money to Find Out The year 2020 had the dubious distinction of having the highest number of fatal...
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
Do Drinking Rates for Young People Fall Naturally as they Age?
In the years between the late teens and the early twenties, young people are known for experimenting with alcohol use. As they move into their mid-twenties and beyond, the...Read More -
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Researchers Find Link Between Compulsive Overeating and Addiction
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that the recurring cycle that occurs in yo-yo dieting (a pattern where a person overeats followed by a time where...Read More -
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Some Health Workers Have Limited Options for Treatment
We like to think that people who work in these types of helping professions are somehow immune from substance abuse, when they may be more at risk than the...Read More -
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Do Most Patients Prescribed Opioids Use Them as Directed?
A new study, recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, has found that the vast majority of adult patients who were prescribed opioids used them for medicinal...Read More -
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
NJ Paramedics Now Authorized to Start Addiction Treatment in the Field
New Jersey’s Health Commissioner has recently authorized paramedics to administer buprenorphine to patients shortly after reviving them from an opioid overdose while out on calls. The paramedics would offer...Read More -
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
Alcohol Deadlier than Opioids, More Women at Risk
With so much attention being given to the current opioid crisis, it has been easy to forget that alcohol is still responsible for many deaths. In fact, it kills...Read More -
Friday, May 4th, 2018
MN Parental Substance Abuse No. 1 Reason for Removing Children from Home
The main goal for child protective services nationwide is to keep families intact when possible. For residents of Goodhue County, and in the rest of Minnesota, the trend is...Read More -
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
Parents’ Substance Abuse Primary Reason Most Children Placed in Foster Care
The number of child protection reports is on the rise in Minnesota, and parents’ substance abuse is the primary reason most children end up placed in the foster care...Read More -
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
Researchers Find Substance Abuse Affects Memory & Attention
Oftentimes it requires studies to verify the seemingly obvious. For instance, there was a recent study that concluded that substance use affected memory and attention. However, while it may...Read More
