Most bath salts contain some form of sodium, glycerin and a fragrance. The latest trend in drug use is not your typical bath salt. In a recent KMOV, News Channel 4 report in St. Louis, there is a new recreational drug being used by teens and college-aged students in Missouri. The white powdery substance is [...]
WASHINGTON—According to new data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), visits by individuals to hospital emergency rooms involving the misuse or abuse of pharmaceutical drugs have doubled over the past five years and, for the third year in a row, exceed the number of visits involving [...]
After a brush with death nearly three years ago, Reginald Potts became committed to a balanced and positive lifestyle. But recovering from heroin addiction is never easy. Potts, 25, grew up in West Los Angeles and moved to Simi Valley during his junior year in high school. He started experimenting with marijuana and alcohol in [...]
New York, NY – The University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future study (MTF) — the largest survey on teen drug abuse tracking over 46,000 8th, 10th and 12th graders – found a huge falloff in teens’ recalled exposure to drug abuse prevention messages over the past seven years. The new data from the MTF study have been [...]
The social factors involved in substance use gateways and the escalation of teen alcohol and drug use into abuse and dependence may be other than conventionally thought and even more complex than previously believed. While popular teens enjoy many social benefits and seem to possess positive characteristics that others do not, social pressures seem to [...]
A drug crisis is sweeping America and it’s killing our children. Parents be warned. We have now entered the culture of ”Pharma-geddon.” Kids are sneaking pills, drinking alcohol, and using illegal street drugs at an alarming rate. Even heroin, once considered the last outpost on the way to junkie-town, is now disturbingly common. Sadly, today’s [...]
The number one cause of death in teens and young adults, 15-20 years old, is drinking and driving. In 2008, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 37,261 people died in traffic crashes of which an estimated 11,773 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Here are some drinking and driving statistics and a haunting [...]
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the oldest and one of the most effective methods of treating alcohol addiction in the country. In fact, the 12-Step Program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous has been implemented either in whole or in part in virtually every drug and alcohol treatment program available. Interestingly enough, approximately 10 percent of AA members [...]
During the teenage years, a tremendous amount of chemical changes are occurring. This shift in hormones can result in depression which can sometimes become severe. This is also one of the most challenging times in a teen’s life. Pressures surrounding them can sometimes lead to the possibility of drug abuse. The combination between hormone shifts [...]
Increased marijuana use among teenagers across the country, as reported recently by the National Institute on Drug Abuse “Monitoring the Future” survey, is no surprise to those of us who deal with teen drug abuse and addiction on a daily basis. As CEO of The Starting Place, a nonprofit that helps addicted teens, we see [...]
