Drugs

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: DRUG REHAB CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Are you or is someone you know suffering from the grips of drug addiction? In the past few decades, there have been many changes in the field of drug rehab programs and addiction and alcoholism treatment. Innovations in neurosciences and cognitive and behavioral therapies have greatly advanced […]

ADDICTION: THE GREAT EQUALIZER Drug addiction is a chronic disease that, if untreated, destroys the lives of those it affects. The disease of addiction pays no mind to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or any other outside identifier – it affects people from every walk of life. Despite the fact that these identifying factors do not decide […]

Residential Drug Treatment: Los Angeles and Orange County Rehabilitation Programs Southern California, viewed by many as the nation’s mecca of drinking and drug abuse, is also home to a plethora of world-class options in residential drug treatment. Los Angeles and Orange Counties, rich with rehabilitation programs, are coming into new identities as they become increasingly […]

Drug abuse can be defined as the regular use of either illegal or prescription drugs with the goal of achieving an altered state of consciousness. The change of consciousness the drug abuser undergoes varies depending on the substance ingested. Drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine (commonly known as “uppers”) cause a person to experience an intense onrush […]

WOMEN: DRUG ABUSE ON THE RISE Today there is a subtle epidemic striking young American women: drug abuse. Drug use may begin as a seemingly recreational behavior, but the powerfully addictive substances that young people presently experiment with, have the potential to render a person addicted in an extremely short period of time. This epidemic is […]