Black and African Americans have been facing an unreal amount of discrimination, oppression, and violence since the beginning of colonial America. Centuries of systemic racism have led to socio-economic, education, and health disparities. The way in which addiction...
Intravenous drug use - commonly referred to as “shooting up” - is arguably the most dangerous method of drug consumption. It requires making the substance in question into a liquid and injecting it directly into the bloodstream via a syringe. It can be easy to tell if...
Pain medication, also referred to as pain pills or painkillers, encompasses a wide array of pharmaceutical treatments for varying levels of pain. Just like any other medication, pain pills often carry potential side effects. Opioid pain medications are among the most...
Heroin is a major player in the ongoing opioid epidemic that has been sweeping the nation and killed over 60,000 Americans just last year. Its widespread availability and cheap cost have turned this otherwise niche narcotic into part of the mainstream drug scene. The...
At the beginning of 2020, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published a press release addressing an increase in alcohol-related deaths in the United States. The opening sentence of this press release states that “nearly 1 million people died from...
Just about every individual in the world will experience an occasional headache. Headaches are a symptom that can be caused by a wide variety of conditions such as dehydration, toothaches, brain tumors, and even tight hairstyles. When it comes to an alcohol withdrawal...
The alcohol withdrawal process can bring on a number of different symptoms, including shakes, tremors, headaches, hypertension, and you guessed it: fever (also known as pyrexia). An increase in body temperature can be highly beneficial when the human body is fighting...
Alcohol and cocaine are among the most widely abused substances in the United States. Each of these substances come with risks when they are consumed individually - something most of us know. What many people are unaware of is that when combined, the effects of...
Alcohol is a common substance found in America. Drinking it has become so routine that it is often difficult for an untrained person to recognize the signs of an alcoholic. Is someone drinking just because they are in college and it’s “what you do in college”? Are...
The year 2020 quickly came to a close, and goodness it was a year. Not just being an election year, but also a year with a global pandemic, we have all been affected in ways like never before. One theme that has been heard over and over again is the impact that this...
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