Trends in cigarette, illicit drug, and drug rehab use over time demonstrate that substance use is malleable, and that it follows public perceptions of the acceptability and harmful consequences of substances. These trends also show that government can play an important role in helping the public choose healthier lifestyles. From 1964 onward, the Surgeon General […]

Many people view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem. Parents, teens, older adults, and other members of the community tend to characterize people who take drugs as morally weak or as having criminal tendencies. They believe that drug abusers and addicts should be able to stop taking drugs if they are willing […]

According to a recent UPI news wire story, researchers are now proposing prescribing the psychoactive prescription drug Lithium to so-called ‘pot addicts’ to help them kick the habit. But just who are these alleged ‘addicts?’ According to the latest statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services, a startling high number of US […]

Learning to say no can be a difficult journey. In addiction and drug rehab it is a vitally important one. Drug and alcohol refusal skills are something that might want to be practiced each and every day you are in rehab. Would it not be wonderful if by the time you left rehab, that if […]

Drug testing is most commonly conducted in a testing laboratory. However, there are also a variety of home drug testing kits available, particularly on the Internet. Drug tests are usually fairly simple, although analyzing the results can be a bit more complicated. It takes a trained expert to accurately analyze such factors as the type […]

As prescription drug abuse soars in the United States, Dana Point’s SouthCoast Recovery is taking the issue head on By Nathan Wright Dana Point Times Howard Larkin still carries his jail identification card in his wallet, a grim reminder of darker days. His former life ended abruptly in 1999 when he was arrested inside a […]