According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine smokers are more likely to quit when there’s cash on the line. Dr. Scott Halpern from the University of Pennsylvania and his colleagues studied over 2000 CVS employees assigned to different smoking cessation programs. They found that offering smokers a cash reward if they quit…
The US government makes efforts to keep up with the constantly changing chemicals used in illegal designer drugs. In 2012 federal legislation banned some varieties of bath salts an amphetamine-like drug. But now manufacturers have altered the chemicals in bath salts to create a stronger, more addictive drug that can be sold legally. This drug…
It’s commonly known that If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, her baby can be born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. What is less commonly known is that when a pregnant woman uses illegal or legal opiate-based drugs such as oxycodone, heroin or codeine her baby can also be severely affected. After a baby is born…
What Nietzche said more than 100 years ago is true: “That which does not kill us outright makes us stronger.” Those of us working in drug and alcohol treatment know that this statement is so very true. I hear clients say things like, “I never thought I’d be able to stop using heroin or alcohol,…