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How Prescription Drug Abuse Affects Young Adults

Prescription drug addiction and abuse run rampant across all demographics. However, it’s particularly worrying for young people. Addictive medications can affect young adults in devastating ways. Prescription drug abuse in young adults not only affects their lives right now but their futures as well. Prescription Drug Abuse Affects Brain Development Prescription drugs in various forms…

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Epidemic Vs. Pandemic: COVID-19

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc worldwide, your life has changed overnight. You’re sheltering in place and washing your hands a lot. When events like this take place, terms we don’t use all the time enter our vocabularies. So you’re probably wondering right now, epidemic vs. pandemic? What’s the difference? How does this impact substance abuse treatment?…

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Recreation Therapy

Addiction damages many areas of your life. For this reason, and because of how substance abuse changes your brain and body, you need many types of treatment to recover and rebuild. Recreation therapy is one such method. Quality rehab programs incorporate recreation into a mix of therapies designed for your best success in treatment and…