Heroin addiction Heroin is an opiate drug that is synthesized from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. As early as…

What Is Cocaine? Cocaine is a powerful stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant. Powdered cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride, a salt) is known on the street as Coke…

The abuse of both illegal and prescription drugs has reached epidemic levels around the world, it seems as though no country is immune from this problem. It affects people of…

There is nothing quite like the shock that can come with finding out that a member of your family has a drug addiction. In a situation like this you are…

Signs of Drug Addiction Drug addiction comes in many disguises some of which are easily recognized such as the cocaine addict who has massive mood swings and always seems to…

Alcoholism has long been discounted as a minor addiction problem. However with the number of alcoholics on the rise at alarming rates, far more attention is being devoted to this…

Today there are many who could be considered alcoholics, those with a serious addiction to alcohol, and there are many that simply abuse the substance without actually being addicted. In…

Struggling with the abuse of drugs or alcohol is difficult for everyone, and not just the person that uses these things. Often a person’s friends and family suffer, especially if…

As difficult as it may be, addiction recovery is truly possible for anyone. There are many avenues of help for those addicted to any substance or behavior, and treatment options…

American Society of Addiction Medicine National Institute on Drug Abuse Addiction was declared a disease by the World Health Organisation in 1956 and this has been reinforced over the years…