Your Brain on Drugs
Have you ever wondered what happens to your brain when you’re on drugs (including alcohol)? The brain is a complex…
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Meth Addiction is Trouble for Women
Crystal meth has different effects on the lives of women versus men. Aside from the physical damage it deals to…
Heroin and Fentanyl are Bad Partners
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides heroin and fentanyl treatment options. Given the dangers, heroin and fentanyl treatment options are a necessity…
Drug Overdose after Rehab
Celebrity deaths grab the public’s attention like almost no other news story. The loss can be mourned by millions, and…
Maintenance, Not Heroin
Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health have confirmed our concerns about prescription drug use. With prescription painkillers (opiates…
Get Help for Relapse Fast
Setbacks occur for everyone. You can plan ahead for everything you do, and you still can’t guarantee that it will…
How to Reduce Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Employee alcohol and drug abuse is a problem in almost every business category. Management is often faced with weighing the value of substance abusing…
Vivitrol Aids Recovery from Addiction to All Drugs
It’s very rare for addicts to be monogamous with their drug of choice. They usually abuse alcohol as well. Even if they…
Lock It Up is a Good Start
Prescription drug use among teens has increased over the past few years. Benzodiazepines and opiate painkillers can produce a type of euphoria and…
Methadone Maintenance Brings Positive Outcomes
Opiates are highly addictive and either controlled or illegal. This combination of factors most often leads to increasing doses, which…
Telemedicine Uses – Senior Mental Health and Substance Use
Aging brings more than the typical physical problems form seniors. Most will survive family members and friends, and face other…
Alcohol Dependence and Drug Addiction -Tolerance
Tolerance, as it relates to alcohol dependence and drug addiction, is often misunderstood by many in the general public. In…
Adolescent Drug Addiction – Don’t Discriminate
Teen drug addiction does not only occur with drugs like heroin and methamphetamines. Prescription opiate and benzodiazepine abuse can quickly…
Teen Substance Use – Prevention and Treatment
It’s no secret that a certain percentage of teens will recreationally use alcohol or drugs before they finish high school. …
Domestic Violence is Treatable
Domestic violence as it relates to substance abuse is not as simple as it may seem. While alcohol abuse or…
Understanding Alcoholism and Drug Addiction – Denial
People have a hard time understanding why loved ones suffering from alcohol dependence or drug addiction wait so long to…
Drug-Related Death
Drug addiction is a disease that can result in death. The subject is certainly not pleasant to discuss. However, in…
Living with your Liver
Many people with chronic alcohol dependence or other drug addictions experience liver disease. This is no accident. The liver is…
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Effects on Oral Health
We know that drug and alcohol abuse has many negative health effects, but something that is not frequently discussed are…
California Drug Use Survey
California alcohol and drug treatment professionals know well that drug addiction continues to be a problem in this state. Surveys…
Substance Dependence and the Economy
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles, California knows that the bad economy has had a negative effect on everyone. Tough…
Drug Abuse and HIV
The link between Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS has been known since the beginning of the epidemic. The National Institute on…