Stop smoking with the help of lobelia
When it comes to smoking, it is one of things that should be eliminated from life as soon as possible. Smoking does endanger the life of the smoker but to...
Therapy for drug addiction
Drug addiction, or substance dependence, is physiological dependence on a street drug or a medication. Drug addiction is primary a neurobiological disease characterized by behavior that includes lack of control...
Prevention of substance abuse
Substance abuse, or drug abuse, is a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance. People often abuse substances, which may be hazardous to their health even in the small quantities...
Drug abuse management
People who have become addicted to drugs are rarely going to admit they are having problem. They continue taking drugs because their body has developed dependency to the substance or...
Prescription drug abuse in seniors
According to the statistical data, in 2001 in the United States approximately 8% of people over 50 years old were admitted to drug rehab problem. After 4 years, in 2005...
Cost of drug abuse to society
Drug addiction is a condition which affects many individuals. However, not many people understand this term and commonly judge drug addicts, being incapable of justifying these people. Yet, drug abuse...
Drug abuse valium
Valium belongs to a group of benzodiazepines and is similarly to other members of the group a powerful sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic and anticonvulsant. Valium also acts as muscle relaxant and...
Drug abuse - Weed
Marijuana, also known as pot, grass, cannabis or weed, is a crude drug made from the plant Cannabis sativa. This is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the world...
Drug abuse with children
Recently, many ways through which people become drug addicts were discovered and taken into consideration. Basically, there are risk factors and preventive measures related to one's proneness to drug abuse...
Drug abuse with teenagers
Drug abuse is a condition which mainly affects the brain, leading to an addiction due to a disruption of normal chemical processes taking place in the area. In time, these...