Addiction Treatment Magazine

Substance abuse is a widespread and serious problem in society today. An estimated 17.8 million Americans aged 18 or older are current illicit drug users. Of this number, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an estimated 12.9 million people (72.7 percent) are employed either full or part-time. The number of [...]

The popularity of cannabis in Australia appears to be growing, according to a recent ABC News report. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has shown a dramatic increase in the number of long-term cannabis users being admitted to the hospital. The Centre has found that the number of Australians seeking treatment with cannabis-related problems [...]

When it comes to addiction, the never-ending search for the high is relentless. As addiction claims the user’s body and mind, everyday existence consists of thinking about using, getting the drug, using, and then thinking about using some more. Two drugs that are much in the news lately are responsible for a lot of heartache [...]

Every day it’s the same thing. You come home and your partner is stoned out of his or her mind on marijuana, or snorting coke, doing crack, speedballs, shooting up or popping pills. Things are rapidly going downhill, if they haven’t already. You’ve talked to your partner until you’re blue in the face, and still [...]