The Cure for Drug Addiction is More Drugs…isn’t it?

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If you have ever been out with friends who drink alcohol, you may have heard that if you are ever suffering from a hangover, the answer is to drink more alcohol. The reasoning behind this is that your [...]

Should You Be Able to Sue Pharmaceutical Companies?

In a recent article that was published by The Huffington Post,
Suing a drug company is your only way as an individual citizen of protecting yourself against drug company malfeasance. It’s the only way for you or your survivors to get justice or compensation if you have been injured or killed by drug company negligence. [...]

Is There a Gender Gap With Alcoholism?

According to one news article published in MSN, there is a gender gap when it comes to alcoholism; and not only that- the gap may be closing in. There used to be a time when drinking alcohol was strictly a “male thing”. After all, it wasn’t ladylike to find a woman hunched over [...]

Crack is Wack!

“Crack is Wack,” were the famous words spoken by Whitney Houston in an interview with Diane Sawyer where mention was made about Houston’s alleged drug problems. While many view the video and make light of the situation, finding humor in it; there is nothing funny about crack addiction.
What’s the Difference Between Crack and Cocaine?
Crack [...]

How Drug Use Affects Families

If you think about all of the people out there who have drug problems such as cocaine addiction, or alcohol addiction, you have to wonder why or how they came to be addicts. There are many reasons that people get into drugs. For some, the reasons are more simple (although not necessarily excusable). [...]

Do Our Brains Determine Whether or Not We Become Drug Addicts?

“Oh, I come from a family of alcoholics.”
“Well, my father was an alcoholic….”
“Everyone else was smoking pot; I figured one hit wouldn’t hurt me..”
The list of excuses go on and on. And would you believe that some of the very people who actually mutter these phrases believe it themselves? This leads to the [...]

Care About Your Brain? Put Out That Cigarette!

If you are a smoker and you care about your brain and/or your mental health, then you may want to put out that cigarette. There are a million reasons why you shouldn’t smoke. I guess you can add one more to the list. According to an article published by msnbc, data about [...]

Middle-Aged Men Need to Get Out & Enjoy the Sun to Stay Healthy!

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times,
Men lacking in vitamin D have more than double the normal risk of a heart attack, a study says, one of many suggesting the vitamin is crucial to good health.
When it comes to our health, we are quick to point out the things that are [...]

This is Your Brain on Drugs…

We’ve all heard about what drugs can do to your brain. They’re bad. However, there are still those of us who would prefer to look “cool” in front of friends by taking a hit of that pot. You said, at first, that you were only going to “try it once”… which turned [...]

Childhood Ear Infections May Lead Kids to Smoke

According to the latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia, a report from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a strong link between children who have ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke. For the study, social, demographic, environmental and biological data was collected from 100 Aboriginal children and [...]