Drug Addiction

Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs plaguing our society today. In the United States, 948,000 people admitted to using heroin in the past year according to the National Survey on Drug Use [...]

One of the largest growing diseases in the nation is Addiction. Leaving its victims unable to control their desire for alcohol or their drug of choice, recent research conducted has linked the [...]

Drug addiction is a chronic, progressive disease that can be deadly. It is a brain disorder characterized by the inability to control the use of medications or drugs, whether they are legal or [...]

Xanax (alprazolam) is a benzodiazepine, also known as Xannies/Zannies, Handlebars/Bars, Blue footballs, Benzos and Niravam (a variation that dissolves on the tongue rather than needing to be [...]

Oxycodone is used to relieve pain and is prescribed to address moderate to severe levels of pain. It can be prescribed alone or used in combination with other pain relievers in tablet form and [...]

What is Methamphetamine? Methamphetamine (also known as Crank, Crystal, Ice, Meth, Speed, Chalk) is a stimulant drug usually used as a white, bitter-tasting powder or a pill. Crystal [...]

Heroin Addiction Heroin addiction is one of the most harming and destructive addictions in the world. Manufactured from the poppy, heroin is a semi-synthetic form of morphine. It is suggested to [...]

Causes of Drug Abuse Before we think about preventing, reducing, or stopping the widespread epidemic of drug abuse currently sweeping across our society, we first need to look at why it is [...]

The Dangers of Prescription Drugs Prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem in America, where 20 percent of the population uses these drugs for non-medical reasons, a large number of [...]

Commonly Abused Drugs Some of the more commonly abused drugs are alcohol  marijuana opium heroin stimulants such as cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines hallucinogens (LSD, [...]