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Is Marijuana Harmful to a Pregnant Mother and her Infant?
My pregnant girlfriend was a pot head. Since she found out she was pregnant she has stopped smoking marijuana but she will still eat hash brownies that she makes. She will get high almost every day. She says it doesn’t harm the baby as long as she doesn’t smoke it. Is this true? I don’t want to give her a hard time because I am proud of her for stopping cigarettes and smoking pot.
Read answer →Heroin Addiction: Amotivation Makes Recovery a Difficult Change
My boyfriend is addicted to heroin. His mom doesn't seem to care or want to help him at all because he has always been a troublemaker. He does not have health insurance or the means to get the help he truly needs. He is on probation and yet is driving to the city to get heroin. He doesn't seem to care about it either yet 2 of our close friends have overdosed and died from it. How to I help him?
Read answer →Tramadol: Detox Horrors for Many
I am using like 800mgs of tramadol a day. I was prescribed them for back pain and I came to really like the energy and buzz they gave me and I started taking more than I was supposed to. That was 4 years ago. This has become a very expensive habit and I feel like I am on an emotional roller coaster. And that I totally cannot function without these pills. I have tried to quit using but I could not. I feel like the withdrawal from tramadol is not recognized as a very serious thing. I have tried to reduce my dosage but it is not really working. I do not really want to get on a stronger drug like methadone because that seems ridiculous but I am not sure what I can do? How can I get past tramadol withdrawals without taking any more strong medications that are also addictive?
Read answer →Medical marijuana for the treatment of arthritis
I have arthritis and my doctor has suggested that I might want to try medical marijuana to control some of the pain and stiffness. I have never used drugs and I have only drank alcohol a few times in my life and I am certainly surprised to be considering using drugs now that I am past 60 years of age. I am willing though to do anything that will help me to regain some quality of life. What I want to know though is, will I get addicted to marijuana if I start using it every day? If I decide to use medical marijuana how can I keep myself from getting hooked?
Read answer →Self Medication: Polysubstance Abuse for Chronic Pain Control is Russian Roulette
My brother is a very good guy and he has never played around with drugs or alcohol. He has been unemployed for about 6 months now since he hurt his back on the job while landscaping. Last night he got really drunk and pretty much passed out after having only a few glasses of wine at dinner. It was pretty weird. My husband and I helped him to bed and I guess I was suspicious that something wasn’t right because I looked through his pants pocket after he was in bed and I found a small bag of powder. It was heroin. My brother confessed to it after I confronted him with the stuff the next day. He said he didn’t want me to worry but that money was really tight and that it was a lot cheaper for him to buy heroin than buy prescription pain meds and that his doctor wouldn’t give him as much as he needed to control his pain. He said he started off by buying extra pills from this guy he knew until one day that guy didn’t have pills but did have heroin. I know that he is in a lot of pain. He told me not to worry and that he only used as little as he could every day to take away most of the pain and that he never used it to get high. On one hand I have to believe him because I know that he is broke but I didn’t know things were so bad and I know that he is in a lot of pain still. He is also not the kind of guy that likes to get drunk at all. But on the other hand the fact that he is using heroin is really shocking and I am very worried about him. He could get arrested and who knows what is really in that stuff he buys. I am scared he could OD. I have told him I don’t want him using it anymore and that I will help him with money. But he says that sometimes he needs more than his doctor will prescribe so he may sometimes even still need to buy heroin. Can a person ever just use heroin like as a medicine for pain control without becoming a junky?
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