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Percocet vs. Norco – The Differences in the Two Drugs and How They Result in Addiction

Addiction Information, Opiates & Heroin Info, Prescription Medication Addiction, Statistics & Research

Percocet vs. Norco – The Differences in the Two Drugs and How They Result in Addiction

NorthPoint Staff2019-01-31T18:05:36+00:00August 16th, 2018|

Certain prescription medications can be addictive for some people. They are often used for pain, but they contain chemical properties that lead to abuse [...]

Alcohol—The Biggest Drug Threat in America

Alcohol Addiction, Drug Trends

Alcohol—The Biggest Drug Threat in America

Albert Fontenot2019-02-17T18:15:29+00:00August 14th, 2018|

Did you know that alcohol is the biggest drug threat in the world? Alcohol—The Biggest Drug Threat in America That’s not an exaggeration, because [...]

Prescription Crystal Meth – How Common Is Desoxyn Abuse?

Drug Trends, Prescription Medication Addiction

Prescription Crystal Meth – How Common Is Desoxyn Abuse?

Loraine Couturier2019-02-17T18:14:29+00:00August 12th, 2018|

Prescription Crystal Meth – How Common Is Desoxyn Abuse? Desoxyn is a central nervous system stimulant, used mostly to treat severe cases of ADHD [...]

Is Forced Treatment the Answer to the Drug Crisis?

Drug Detox, Drug Rehab, Recovery, Trending News

Is Forced Treatment the Answer to the Drug Crisis?

Albert Fontenot2019-02-17T18:13:29+00:00August 10th, 2018|

Should drug addicts be forced into treatment against their will? Is Forced Treatment the Answer to the Drug Crisis? In the face of skyrocketing [...]

Understanding the Cycle of Addiction

Addiction & Relationships, Addiction Information

Understanding the Cycle of Addiction

Chris Z2019-02-17T18:12:35+00:00August 8th, 2018|

More than 22 million Americans are trapped in a cycle of drug and alcohol abuse. In order to get them treatment, we need to [...]

Video Game Addiction: A Recognized Mental Health Condition

Addiction & Relationships, Addiction Information

Video Game Addiction: A Recognized Mental Health Condition

Albert Fontenot2019-02-17T18:11:44+00:00August 6th, 2018|

Video Game Addiction: A Recognized Mental Health Condition In the newest edition of its International Classification of Diseases, just released in June 2018, the [...]

Life After a DUI: How to Bounce Back

Alcohol Addiction, DUI

Life After a DUI: How to Bounce Back

Chris Z2019-02-17T18:10:29+00:00August 4th, 2018|

How can this be happening? I’ve never even been pulled over, and now I’m being arrested for a DUI? We were just supposed to [...]

Fentanyl Involved in More Fatal Overdoses than Any Other Opioids

Drug Overdose, Drug Trends, Opiates & Heroin Info

Fentanyl Involved in More Fatal Overdoses than Any Other Opioids

Loraine Couturier2019-02-17T18:09:33+00:00July 16th, 2018|

Fentanyl Involved in More Fatal Overdoses than Any Other Opioids Synthetic opioids are taking the lead when it comes to fatal overdoses. From 2010 [...]