Hunter Biden’s Story of Addiction Hunter Biden, the son of the current President of the United States, opens up about his battle with crack addiction. Crack cocaine addiction is prevalent nationwide, and the need for readily accessible treatment options is more important...
How Alcohol Abuse Affects the Liver When ingesting food or drink, its critical components are absorbed into the blood through the stomach and intestines. All of this blood passes through the liver, a vital organ, which processes it, breaks it down, balances...
How Drugs Damage the Brain When someone has been addicted to drugs or alcohol for some time, enduring health effects can begin. Drug abusers and their loved ones often wonder if drug brain damage is permanent, and the truth is that drugs...
Customized Treatment Plans Help Each Patient Find Sucess At the WhiteSands Fort Myers Treatment Center, patient Ghost couldn’t be more excited about her experience at our drug and alcohol rehab center and her new lease on life. “This was an excellent experience,”...
The Difference Between Codeine and Hydrocodone Codeine and hydrocodone are both opioid pain medications that are used to treat pain and suppress the cough reflex in the brain. The difference between these two opioid pain medications is the chemical compounds that they...
Learn About Addictive Drugs The top five most addictive drugs in America may or may not surprise you, especially because two of the substances that made the list are legal to buy and own. We’ll go over what these substances are, what...
When Is it Time to Ask for Help for Alcoholism? According to the Mayo Clinic, “alcohol use disorder is a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol or continuing to use alcohol even when it...
What Is Psychedelic Therapy? Psychedelic therapy, also known as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or PAP, is a type of psychiatric therapy that uses psychedelic drugs as part of the psychotherapy process. During psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, the use of psychedelic substances is combined with talk therapy....
Alcoholism and Mental Illness For millions of Americans struggling with alcohol or other drug addiction, there are also many Americans who are living with ongoing mental health issues. The correlation between the two often stems from an endless cycle of attempting to...
How Heroin Affects the Brain A synthetic opioid once used as a prescription painkiller in the 1800s, heroin is an illegal drug that impacts the brain in several ways and can lead to dangerous long-term and short-term effects. Heroin is extremely addictive,...
