Consequences Of Drug Misuse Individuals who suffer from drug addiction, often have one or more accompanying medical issues, including lung and cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and mental disorders. Imaging scans, chest x-rays, and blood tests show the damaging effects of...
Read MoreTemazepam; Restoril Temazepam (Restoril) is a prescription drug that is commonly prescribed on a short term basis to help with sleep disorders. As a member of the benzodiazepine family and a lesser well know one, some may not realise just...
Read MoreIn 2019, the highest number of drug poisoning deaths since records started in 1993 occurred in England and Wales. Most of these deaths were due to drug misuse. Those who obtain drugs, like heroin, illegally, are more likely to abuse and misuse...
Read MoreEcstasy; MDMA 40% of people that have ever spent the night out in the club have found themselves using ecstasy to have a good time. This leads to a host of questions that you might be seeking the answers to. What is...
Read MoreMephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is an illegal synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes that is widely available and relatively cheap to buy. Users report that its effects are similar to that of speed, ecstasy and cocaine. When...
Read MoreKetamine; effects and treatments Ketamine is a Class B controlled drug in the UK and has been used as a pharmaceutical medicine for over twenty years. However, due to its powerful hallucinogenic, sedative and analgesic properties, it is also a...
Read MoreCocaine; it’s effects and treatment For thousands of years, natives of the Andes chewed or brewed coca leaves into a tea for refreshment and to relieve fatigue, similar to modern customs of chewing tobacco and drinking tea or coffee. The...
Read MoreWhat Are Narcotics? A Narcotic is defined as ‘a drug which causes drowsiness or unconsciousness, or relieves pain’. Here and for the purpose of this site, the term ‘narcotic’ will refer to any drug taken for the purposes of intoxication and...
Read MoreAlcohol and drug addiction in the workplace Did you know that 47 % of workplace accidents result in serious injury? And, 40 % of those accidents, end in fatalities through being under the influence while at work? These are some alcohol abuse in...
Read MoreWhat does alcohol and drug rehab involve? Alcohol rehab is short for alcohol rehabilitation. In other words, Rehab means the process of getting your life back in order. This is a process that should be tackled with professional help. It...
Read MoreMethadone in Prison There is a drug which has risen in prominence in Britain’s prisons in the past few years. It is the synthetic opioid originally created as a pain reliever, utilised in the long-term treatment of heroin addiction. However,...
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