The History Of Marijuana and Marijuana Addiction (Part 3)
Marijuana Addiction: Effects and Abuse Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that alters the perception of its users. The ch [...]
August 5, 2022
The History of Marijuana and Marijuana Addiction (Part 2)
The Advent of Medical Marijuana During the 1830s, Sir William Brooke O-Shaughnessy, an Irish doctor who was studying in [...]
The History Of Marijuana And Marijuana Addiction (Part 1)
Marijuana, also colloquially known as cannabis, pot, reefer, weed, dope, and so on and so forth, has had a long history [...]
What Does it Mean to be a “Functional Alcoholic?”
For many people in society, often due to generations of stigma, an “alcoholic” or an “addict” (what we now refer to as [...]
July 11, 2022
Is Addiction a Disease?
There is an ongoing debate surrounding addiction. For years, due to extensive scientific and medical research, addictio [...]
April 7, 2022
What is Digital Addiction?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront one of the more difficult addictive behaviors seen throughout societ [...]
March 14, 2022
The 8 Most Common Co-Occurring Disorders Associated with Addiction
The terms co-occurring disorders and dual diagnosis are often heard and discussed when talking about addiction or substa [...]
January 20, 2022
How to Identify Addiction
Millions of Americans meet criteria for having a substance use disorder. Therefore, there are also millions of American [...]
December 7, 2021
COVID-19 and Fentanyl to Blame for 100,000 Overdose Deaths
As the COVID-19 public health pandemic continued to spread across America, other public health crises continued to rise. [...]