Tag: addiction
The Root Cause of Addiction and How to Overcome It
Addictive substances such as drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, command our brain’s reward system and cause addiction. “Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive and process… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Mental Health, Personal Care
Sober Living Homes: Relapse Prevention or Promotion?
Relapse prevention is at the core of addiction treatment programs, because unfortunately, the odds are likely that a patient will undergo a relapse at some point: 90% of alcoholics experience at least one relapse in the following 4 years after… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, News, Personal Care
America’s Addiction: Amazing Facts and Stats about our Sordid History with Drugs and Alcohol
Source: Addiction.com Facts Infographic Heroin was developed and marketed by Bayer, as a cough medicine. Bayer, known to have targeted its new drug toward children, made a fortune, with users quickly becoming addicted and clamoring for more. You can see… 0 Shares | | Posted in Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals
MEDICAL CANNABIS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN (THC) and (CBD)
MEDICAL CANNABIS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN (THC) and (CBD) Cannabis plants produce a unique family of terpeno-phenolic compounds called cannabinoids, which produce the “high” one experiences from consuming marijuana. There are 483 identifiable chemical constituents known to exist in the cannabis… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
You Know An Addict Already But Do You Know How Easily Your Teen Can Become One?
Parents everywhere are aware of the dangers of drug use and teens. For as long as any of us can remember the warnings about keeping your teen from drinking and doing drugs has been a staple of what a parents… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Personal Care
3 Simple Truth about Health —A Pharmacist’s Perspective
I’m excited to be part of the Natural News blogging team. I am a pharmacist, and author of Off Balance, The American Way of Health, A Pharmacist’s Perspective on Why Drug’s Don’t Work. I’ve watched my customer’s health slowly decline… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
How I Beat My Life-Long Sugar Addiction
My Diet Background I had been a sugar addict ever since I could remember. I ate sugar cereal practically every day growing up, thinking it was healthy, and I was constantly going after sweets in the house. I didn’t like… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
The Opium Wars — Then and Now
As a child, I remember studying about the Opium Wars in Social Studies class. The text books would have pictures of Chinese people smoking pipes of opium. The history book would explain the war between China and England, for no… 0 Shares | | Posted in Crime, Medicine, News, Pharmaceuticals, Politics & Government, Science, Science & Tech, World
Alcohol Is Being Replaced By Herb Kratom as Social Lubricant
Alcohol and opportunities to socialize with it are ubiquitous in Western societies. However, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism tells us that in 2012, 7.2% of American adults had an alcohol abuse disorder (AUD). Approximately 855,000 adolescents 12-17… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
