Wondering about your use of Ativan (lorazepam) or any other benzodiazepine? Well then, take this 2 minute benzodiazepine addiction self test and find out if you have an addiction, and if so, how ...
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Dima Bushkov
Is MDMA addictive? Does it actually do you long term harm? How do you know if you have a problem? Read on to find the answers to these questions and more.
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Josep Salvia I Bote
The difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction (alcoholism), what puts you at risk of becoming an alcoholic and what to do once you’ve crossed that invisible line to addiction.
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Torpore
Find out how the physical, psychological and cognitive consequences of long-term meth use make quitting so challenging, and how addiction treatment can help you to compensate and stay clean for long enough to give your body and mind a chance to heal.
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Cagrimmit
Do you smoke marijuana? Want to know how your habit compares to the average American’s? Find out your percentile ranking here.
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Bingbing
Thinking about giving up marijuana but not sure you’re ready to take the plunge? Well, here are 70 benefits of quitting – all first-hand accounts from previously heavy users about how life changes for the better once you don’t need to get high all the time.
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mediaspin.com
Want to understand addiction? Here are the straight facts from the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
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Sam Stoner
Although for years people believed that marijuana wasn’t addictive, we now know that a small percentage of people will become marijuana dependent. For years researchers also believed that quitting marijuana resulted in no syndrome of withdrawal symptoms – but a growing body of research evidence now shows that marijuana withdrawal symptoms are very real and that they can be very serious. In light of this evidence, the American Psychiatric Association has proposed including cannabis dependence in the upcoming edition of the DSM-V. Here are the proposed DSM-V diagnostic criteria for marijuana withdrawal.
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Anael Raziel
According to self-report data taken from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the more often you smoke marijuana, the more likely you are to self-report problems stemming from that use.
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Bored-Now
People who use cocaine have an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and other forms of heart disease. Cocaine causes high blood pressure, can cause cardiac infections, causes the heart to work harder as it shrinks blood vessels, can lead to an enlarged and weakened heart and to a host of other cardiovascular conditions. The chronic use of cocaine can lead to serious damage, but most scarily, cocaine can lead to heart failure even after a first experimentation.
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Livingroomshadows
About 10% of people who experiment with marijuana will develop an addiction to the drug. Marijuana addiction is very real, there is a significant syndrome of withdrawal pains associated with quitting marijuana, and a lot of people just can't do it on their own.
Inhalant addiction is a recognized disorder by the American Psychiatric Association, and the abuse of inhalants can lead to serious health consequences and death.
Fentanyl, often sold under the name Duragesic, is a schedule 2 narcotic, and is one the most potent and dangerous of all the abused pain medications.
An effective and safe medication for ADD/ADHD but a dangerous amphetamine for those that abuse it.
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Anthony Goto
Syrup, syzurp, lean - whatever it's termed - it's dangerous, addictive and the detox is tough.
An addiction to GHB can develop in only weeks of heavy use, and once addicted, GHB addicts face a serious and possibly dangerous syndrome of withdrawals.
About one in ten who begins experimenting with marijuana will find themselves addicted to the drug. Are you addicted to marijuana? Take this test and find out.
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FGMG
Used to treat ADHD, when abused, Ritalin is very pleasurable and also very addictive. Thousands of people suffer addictions to Ritalin, and no matter how they got addicted, they deserve treatment to help them get better.
Although Ultram is widely prescribed as a less addictive alternative to drugs like Vicodin or Oxycontin, the many thousands of people who have developed serious and entrenched addictions to Ultram are a testament to the abuse risks of the drug.
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Curtis Gregory Perry
A drug is a drug, and your body can't tell the difference between what's legal and what's not.
We may think of heroin junkies as on the street and beyond hope, but the reality of heroin addiction is far removed from this perception, and heroin invades every suburb, every schoolyard and every boardroom, and it devastates all of us equally. Heroin will kill you. Maybe now, maybe later, but if you don't get off this drug it will get you in the end. You don't have to do it alone but you do have to do it. Get help for an easier detox, to learn what you need to stay clean for good, and to learn that although you may have done some terrible things that you are not a bad person.
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HTB
Cocaine addiction rarely ends well. Red eyed and depressed and with cravings so all consuming, not many people can get past the first few days of abstinence, and although you want so badly to end it, most people just can't do it on their own. It's tough to quit, but there are people that can help and therapies that work, and sometimes you just need to get away for a while to learn, to think and to heal.
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The Italian Jonathon
A drug used when you just can't sleep, ambien is addictive. Once addicted, you may need professional help for a safe detox and to ensure that you never again need to suffer the pains of dependence.
An effective pain medication, but also a very addictive pleasure producing drug, too many fall victim to Darvocet addiction. With an active ingredient very closely related to methadone, the detox off of Darvocet is long and difficult, and you have little chance of successfully beating Darvocet on your own. Thankfully, there are people who can help you, therapies that do work and medications that will reduce the discomforts. You don't need to do it alone, but you do need to do it. Get off Darvocet today.
Call our helpline and speak with one of our addiction counselors. They can refer you to a Vicodin treatment center that is best for you. You will be assigned a mentor; someone who will help guide you through the initial phases of sobriety. Locate the center of your choice by calling to set up an orientation meeting today and learn how to live without Vicodin.
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Be.Futureproof
Get off Oxycontin today. Too many people remain trapped in a web of abuse, of pain and of addiction, and too many of us push off what needs to be done. You need to stop abusing Oxycontin before you become another tragic fatality, but you don't need to do it alone, and for the best chance at success, you shouldn't even try. Get help to get past detox humanely and with a minimum of pain. Get help to learn what you need to know to stay clean, and to learn why you even got addicted in the first place. You can do it, it needs to happen, and there is no good reason to wait.