Kacie’s Cause: Heroin Addiction Can Strike Anyone
Kacie’s parents knew for sure that she had abused heroin on occasion when she developed a large abscess on her arm. After her surgery, she promised never to use the drug again. Today, they have started an organization to help other parents avoid losing their children to drug abuse and addiction as they did.
Using Meth in Pregnancy Could Mean High Stress Toddlers
There are a number of risks associated with using any substance of abuse during pregnancy – for both Mom and baby – but a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reports some of the effects that mothers can expect to see in their toddlers should they continue to abuse methamphetamine during pregnancy.
Poetry Vs. Addiction, Homelessness
In Canada, one youth center is working to combat rampant drug addiction and homelessness in Vancouver – with poetry.
Can Breakups Help You Get Clean and Sober?
Some people say that hitting “rock bottom” is a necessary evil — that it’s the only way that an addict will recognize that they have to go through the hard work of drug addiction treatment to get sober. Because recovery isn’t easy, the theory is that extreme loss can convince someone to keep going when . . . . Continue Reading
NBA Player Dwyane Wade Talks About His Mother’s Heroin Addiction
Dwyane Wade is an NBA basketball player, but he’s also the author of a book called “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball” and a child of an addict. In his book, he divulges the details of life with an addicted mother and credits his sister with helping him avoid the pitfalls of drug abuse and drug deals in Chicago where he grew up.
Can Video Games Help the Children of Addicts to Heal?
Now, a new video game called Papo y Yo may be able to help the children of addicts process and deal with some of the emotional issues that come up when a parent is living with an active addiction.
Prescription Drugs Responsible for More NM Deaths Than Heroin
Once upon a time, the deadliest illicit substance was heroin. Highly addictive and with increasingly widespread use, it’s still a devastating drug – but it has been usurped statistically by its legal opiate cousin, prescription painkillers.
Rate of KY Newborns Born Addicted to Painkillers Rises 2400 Percent
With the rapid rise in prescription painkiller addiction over the past decade, it’s not surprising that there’s also been a big spike in babies born addicted to painkillers as well. But at a rate of increase that equals 2400 percent?
Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: Lots of Risks, Little Reward
What do we know about alcohol use during pregnancy? It’s not good for the baby. Risks range from low birth weight to pre-term delivery to developmental and cognitive disabilities for your unborn child.
Sparkle Actress Says Whitney Houston Helped Her Develop Drug Addict Character
One of the story lines in the film is the drug addiction that Ejogo’s character develops. In an interview with the New York Post, Ejogo said that during filming, Houston took her under her wing and shared some very intimate details of her own experience with drugs and addiction in an effort to help Ejogo really bring the character to life.