Alcoholism and drug abuse have been a problem in the WWE for years. Much like other entertainers, wrestlers seek substances to replicate the high they get from performing. Despite the WWE’s lengthy Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy, famous names such as Rick Rude, Bam Bam Bigelow, Eddie Guerrero and Davey Boy Smith all lost [...]
Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States have been climbing for years. Sometimes, individuals build up a tolerance to their medically prescribed drugs, needing more and more of them to achieve the same effects, and wind up with full-fledged addictions. Other times, people abuse prescriptions illegally to get a high that they may [...]
Recently, the LA Times published an article about teenagers showing up in the emergency room with alcohol poisoning. However, they weren’t binge drinking beer or liquor; they were seriously intoxicated from drinking hand sanitizer. Ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer, which can be found in almost any home or purchased cheaply, can be distilled using instructions that [...]
In January, 2012 a new study conducted by researchers at Ohio State University examined the drinking patterns of those who host college parties with alcohol on campus versus those who host college parties with alcohol off campus. Researchers found that on any weekend, 10 percent of students at any college can be hosting a party. [...]
The drug company Zogenix is working at developing a more potent opiate for pain relief. This new drug called Zohydro will be more powerful than the second most abused drug in the world, OxyContin. They propose that this new pill will have at least 10 times more hydrocodone than Vicodin. This pill will be in [...]
Everyone has heard references to April 20th as “National Pot Smokers’ Day,” an unofficial holiday in the marijuana smoking community. There are various stories claiming to explain the significance of 420, as it’s called around the world, but here’s the real scoop. In 1971, a group of friends at San Rafael High School in Marin [...]
April is the NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) Alcohol Awareness Month. To increase public awareness and to diminish the stigma of alcoholism, the NCADD has chosen the theme of Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking. According to NCADD, more than 18 million Americans suffer from alcohol use disorders. Beyond that single [...]
Not everyone who smokes marijuana grows addicted to this drug. Addiction to any substance is based upon a combination of factors: genetic, environmental, psychosocial, age of onset of use, and use of other drugs. Many believe that marijuana is not addictive. First, it should be noted that the marijuana available on the street in 2012 [...]
For centuries, people have believed that addiction to drugs or alcohol was a weakness in character. All one needed to do was decide not to drink or use a drug. Failure and heartbreak faced both the addict and the addict’s family when will power alone was not enough to stop the addictive behavior. The twentieth [...]
Before the mid-1990s, the odds of an underage drinker involved in a fatal car crash were heavily stacked against young males at any blood alcohol level. New statistics reveal that since 1996, the gender gap has almost closed. There are two new realities revealed in the statistics. First, fatal accidents among underage male drunk drivers [...]
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