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Preventing Illicit and Nonmedical Drug Use
Illicit and nonmedical drug use — associated with a decline in educational achievement and many negative health conditions, including overdose-rela...
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Are Teens Physiologically Vulnerable to Drug Addiction?
Teen addiction to drugs and alcohol has been on the rise in America. Researchers have presented these concerning statistics: about half of 9th thro...
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Is Alcohol a Drug?
Despite the prevalence of alcoholism, people often consider alcohol as separate from other drugs. To many, substance abuse only refers to the use o...
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The Tragic Story of Peaches Geldof
Tale of A Drug Addict with Untreated Mental Illness
I’m always struck when I hear about the passing of a young person. The first assumption I make ...
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The Opioid Crisis: Get Help in Florida
I arrived in South Florida this summer from Washington, D.C. with over thirteen years of sobriety. Over those years, I have attended thousands of t...
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