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Category Archives: Substance Abuse

Friday, August 11th, 2023

Brain Implant Technology may “Hold Key” to Addiction

The technology to help people living with addiction move into recovery with the help of a brain implant is still within the realm of science fiction. But the...
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2023

Ketamine May Play a Role in Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Over the past ten years, researchers have suggested that ketamine could treat alcohol addiction. Usually, this drug is an anesthetic used in hospital operating rooms. But ketamine is also...
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

Counseling Benefits Those in Treatment for Drug Addiction

Counseling is a vital part of successful substance abuse treatment. Quality rehabilitation programs increasingly include forms of counseling, such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), to treat addiction because of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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