A recent article published in the Huffington Post by Renee Jain discusses anxiety in children. Interestingly, she states, “40 million American adults, as well as 1 in 8 children, suffer from anxiety.” More kids than most of realize miss out on school and social activities just because they are so worried about the way they … Read More
4-MTA 4-MTA is a designer drug that was created in the 1990s by a team of Purdue University researchers, led by David E. Nichols. Prof. Nichols created the drug intending to use it on laboratory animals to help develop a “safer” version of ecstasy or Prozac for use in humans. The drug is composed of … Read More
A recent study, published in the Journal of Human Communication Research, shows that disclosing any experiences parents have had with drug in the past to their children is not a good idea. Parents who experimented with hard or mild drug use in their teenage or young adult years shouldn’t bring it up with their kids … Read More
5 Simple Things to Fight Depression When individuals feel depressed, they feel hopeless or as if nothing they do seems to lighten the load or lift their spirits. But there are some simple things they can do each day to bring more light into their dark world of depression. Just taking charge and doing something … Read More
Recently, law enforcement in 21 states has reported finding fake Xanax pills that could possibly cause and have caused an overdose. The pills are remarkably similar to the authentic Xanax drugs, making it hard to distinguish between the two. The fake pills are being made with a mixture of fentanyl and other drugs and are … Read More
5 Signs of a Gaming Addiction Although many people laugh about the term “gaming addiction” in relation to video game addiction, the behavior is actually quite serious and problematic. Interestingly, South Korea is the world’s leader as far as identifying and treating gaming and Internet addiction. After inserting the world’s fastest broadband infrastructure into their nation, South … Read More
Middle School Students and Gambling Because gambling and addiction often go hand in hand, a recent study was aimed at examining the link between substance abuse and gambling in middle school age students. The study, published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics followed 1,325 students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Interestingly, all … Read More
This month the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that states across the country drop the legal BAC (blood alcohol content) levels from 0.08 to 0.05 — “or even lower” — in an effort to discourage more people from driving while intoxicated in 2016. CNN.com reported that the NTSB tweeted “Safety is a journey, not … Read More
The Top 7 Performance Enhancing Drugs Used by Athletes What Are Performance Enhancing Drugs? Performance enhancers are various substances, chemical agents, or procedures designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance. PEDs affects the body in multiple ways such as the increase in muscles and the increase in blood cells oxygen-carrying capacity. Despite these apparent … Read More
