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Dual Diagnosis corrodes everything the addict holds dear including his/her relationships. In case of an addiction, relationships play a cause-and-effect role, and understanding these tendencies is instrumental to controlling the addiction and saving the relationship. Regardless of a specific situation, there will be no priority greater for the addict than the drug or the substance […]

An author from Sandilands Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas, observed that specific psychosis of a severe and semi-permanent nature may occur following cannabis intake and it is suggested that the drug acts as a precipitating factor in predisposed individuals. All were under the age of 25 and smoked the drug every day for several months before their […]

The first step to understanding the importance of drug abuse treatment is realisation. You need to realise and acknowledge that the drug/substance of abuse in question is impacting your life negatively and causing both physical and mental degradation in you. The effects can be observed in different walks of your life right from impaired relationships […]

Marijuana, the most famous recreational drug has been declared legal in many places now, owing to its therapeutic properties. However, the addiction phenomenon from abuse of Marijuana is right in it’s place contributing to a considerable number of emergency room visits due to its side effects. Marijuana which is made from Cannabis plant contains a […]

The decade after World War 2 marked the shift of the idea that perpetuating substance abuse is not a choice. Instead it is a compulsive behaviour observed among the addicts. With the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a group focused on healing addicts instead of shunning and punishing them, there came a drastic change […]