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Addiction Recovery: High Time for Change
6 Breakthrough Therapies for the 21st Century The Status Quo is Not Working There has been a distinct disconnect between the “mind” and “brain” sciences when it comes to addiction recovery. In her ground-breaking book, Unbroken Brain: A revolutionary new… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Mental Health
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
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
Heroin-Fentanyl Deaths Are Side-Effects of War On Drugs
The recent heroin-Fentanyl deaths raise many moral and practical questions. This is because people become dependent on opioid drugs for a variety of reasons. Some sincerely want to become free of narcotic drugs — and some love the feeling drugs… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health