Substance abuse and depression are two of America’s major ongoing public health concerns. About 4% of all US adults have a severe depressive illness called major depression, while the other 6% have depressive illnesses that are less severe but still medically significant. At the same time, roughly 22% of American […]
Month: October 2021
After some time being in the background of drugs of choice, you would think that wehad heroin abuse and addiction pretty much licked. You’d be wrong. One thing that has proven true time and time again is that drug abuse trends are somewhat cyclical. What is in vogue today is […]
Addiction and anxiety can be a deadly duo. Many people suffering from anxiety discover that certain substances such as alcohol or opiates will numb the psychic pain of anxiety. These substances don’t help heal the anxiety in any way; the serotonin remains bound and out of circulation, but the substances […]