Over the last ten years, accidental deaths from opiate use in Canada has doubled raising the alarm for parents to be more aware of what their children are up when they are not around. Unfortunately, many of these deaths concern teenagers who are not aware that their drug use could be life threatening. Oftentimes teenagers began to misuse drugs such as Oxycontin because they think that prescription...
Over time, Patti grew from someone that abused Oxycontin pills into someone that was addicted to the pills enough that the only way she could recover was by seeking out drug rehab for Oxycontin in Canada. She found herself unable to function throughout the day unless she was able to secure Oxy for herself which became increasingly hard once her doctor felt she had recovered enough from her injuries and...
When most people think of drug addicts, they think of people who are so desperate they will do anything they can to get their hands on another fix. Patti was one of these addicts, but had she received drug rehab for Oxycontin addiction in Canada the type of person she was would have resembled someone that you may have known. In fact, before Patti became an Oxycontin addict, she was someone who most...
If you or someone you love is facing Oxycontin addiction, then finding a source of aid for oxy detox may be the only way that the person can ever be free from the devastating hold that the drug can have over them. Although Oxy addiction usually begins innocently enough as a prescription medication, once the addiction takes hold of a person their personality may become altered and due to severe withdrawal...
Oxycontin is a form of oxycodone which on the street is known as a form of opium, a very powerful substance that is quickly addicting and can cause the addicted to start a downward spiral. The unfortunate fact about oxycontin addiction is that it usually begins from legal use of the prescription drug and escalates into something much more allowing it to affect people who otherwise would never be in the...
While crime statistics for New York State have trended downward since the eighties and early nineties, drug use remains a problem in New York State (and elsewhere). The drugs of choice may change, but drug addiction remains a force to contend with.
The crack cocaine problem is diminishing, true, but prescription pill abuse has soared. And cocaine is a problem as well, as is ecstasy. Even in these lean...
Back in 2001 and for several years following its release, the drug manufacturers behind the narcotic painkiller OxyContin told the general public and doctors that it had a low risk of addiction and abuse than other painkillers. However, almost a decade later it is now understood that the narcotic is in fact more addictive than other commonly abused prescription painkillers and in fact has led to plenty...
Here are some startling statistics:
One in five teens has tried Vicodin (narcotic pain reliever).
One in 10 has tried OyxContin (another narcotic).
One in 10 has abused Ritalin or Adderall (stimulants).
One in 11 admits to getting high on cough medicine.
Some teens abuse drugs daily; other abuse them “only” at parties and other social occasions. The practice has a name: “pharming,” as in...
With so much in the news lately about Oxy addiction in Canada, many people who use the prescription narcotic are left wondering if they qualify as one of the thousands who may need to face the need for OxyContin addiction rehabilitation. However, making this decision can be hard if you are the one involved in the situation since the drug can distort your mental abilities and most people have a legal...
We’ll call him Dan. That wasn’t his real name, but he really was my Significant Other, and he really was an alcoholic. And he was no fun to live with when he was drunk…which was the first several years that we lived together.
Dan was sober when I met him, sober in the beginning of the relationship. By the time he started drinking again, I was in too deeply to want to get out. We lived together....
