What is Narcan?
By Jessie | July 16th, 2021
Narcan is a brand name for naloxone. It’s a medicine that can rapidly reverse the life-threatening effects of an opioid overdose. Narcan is an opioid antagonist. This means it attaches...
Read MoreBy Jessie | July 16th, 2021
Narcan is a brand name for naloxone. It’s a medicine that can rapidly reverse the life-threatening effects of an opioid overdose. Narcan is an opioid antagonist. This means it attaches...
Read MoreBy Jessie | June 30th, 2021
Gratitude does not depend on what a person has or the material possessions they own. But it relies on the willingness to seek thanks for the things that mean the...
Read MoreBy Jessie | June 22nd, 2021
One of the most predictive factors of someone building a successful recovery is their length of time in treatment. Because addiction is fundamentally about compulsive behavior, people need time to...
Read MoreBy Jessie | June 18th, 2021
Nicotine is the main “psychoactive” ingredient in most tobacco products. Its function is to speed up the communication between the brain and the body and enhance the chemical effect of...
Read MoreBy Jessie | June 14th, 2021
You may be wondering how mindfulness can help therapeutically. You are not alone — the reaction of many people, when introduced to mindfulness, is "Is that it? How is that...
Read MoreBy Jessie | June 3rd, 2021
As of late, social media sites and apps are filled with influencers promising individuals that they have a magical cure that can make them skinnier, healthier, smarter or a combination...
Read MoreBy Jessie | May 27th, 2021
In the 90s, the pharmacology industry came out with an alternative to barbiturates: prescription opioids. This class of drugs was said to be less addictive than barbiturates and still help...
Read MoreBy Jessie | May 24th, 2021
Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or...
Read MoreBy Jessie | May 21st, 2021
You’ve probably heard it said one’s DNA is so complicated that it could stretch out to the sun and back 61 times; this is true. Genetics are simple and complex...
Read MoreBy Jessie | May 17th, 2021
In the United States, it may seem like drinking and doing drugs is a teenage rite of passage. Yet, the fact is that drinking and doing drugs at a young...
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