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Like many with addiction, Lindsey started escaping reality through substance abuse. As a result, she developed drug addiction in youth. Her belief is that unless you’ve been through addiction yourself, you’ll never be able to understand what a someone with an addiction is going through and...
Developing Pain Pill Addiction As a National Honor Society student, Lauren never suspected that she would end up with an Opioid pain pill addiction. However, a diagnosis of endometriosis resulted in her doctor prescribing her medications to help deal with the pain. Endometriosis is a condition where painful...
Drug Addiction Disease Andrew was raised in a stable home; his external circumstances weren’t the cause of his drug addiction disease. His parents had a healthy relationship, he was loved and well cared for. Moreover, his home was free from any childhood trauma or neglect. As a...
Identity Struggle Starts a Downhill Spiral Ronny always felt different from the other kids. When he got older, he realized that he had sexual feelings for boys instead of girls. His family is Mexican and Catholic, it was hard to accept homosexuality in their culture. His...
True Stories of Addiction: Tony From childhood, Tony’s odds of growing up and avoiding substance abuse were low. There are certain variables that make a person more susceptible to addiction, and most of them were present in his life. Tony didn’t grow up in a typical...
Naloxone Unjustifiable Price The United States is currently in a crisis with the Opioid Epidemic reaching the detrimental point that it has. According to the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System many of these deaths are preventable through the Administration of a “relatively cheap, safe and effective drug,...
“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” William Shakespeare – Julius Caesar The sudden, tragic death of pop legend Prince left much of the world crestfallen. It was especially painful given the details that Prince died of an...
Heroin AM Sketch Causes Controversy On Monday, April 18, Saturday Night Live (SNL) thrust the Heroin epidemic from America's backyard into its living rooms with a sketch called “Heroin AM.” This sketch has been met with severe controversy on all sides from comments that it dignifies...
New York has a new online prescription drug law being enforced. As of March 27, 2016, the new law requires practitioners to file prescription drugs electronically. While these online prescriptions may serve the purpose of convenience in the eyes of some, there is another standpoint...
I am one in five million. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 5.7 million American adults have bipolar disorder. That’s about 2.6 percent of the population. Odds are, two out of every 100 people you meet will have this disorder. Bipolar disorder is a...