Recently the New York Times shared a story about newly implemented laws in China that deal with cutting Fentanyl supplies to the United States. This comes just one year after President Xi Jinping promised President Trump he would employ stricter policies with regard to Fentanyl...
Acupuncture and addiction treatment Managing withdrawal symptoms during drug and alcohol detox at our New Mexico drug rehab center is an essential early stage of the rehabilitation process. Detox can be an intimidating prospect and a barrier to people even beginning treatment. Depending on the severity...
The link between alcohol addiction and depression Drinking and the blues seem to go hand in hand. So common is this pairing that it even gets romanticized or trivialized as merely a dysfunctional coping strategy. Yet when drinking becomes an alcohol abuse disorder, and when the...
Why the 12-step program works Look online for the merits of the 12-step program for treating addiction and you will encounter fevered debate. Both advocates and detractors argue with a passion born of the seriousness of the topic itself. For many, addiction is a matter of...
Essential Oils and Emotions The study of olfaction – the technical term for our sense of smell – is an emerging science with the promising potential to validate what our noses already tell us: that essential oils for emotions have a subtle yet discernible impact on...
Crystal Meth Abuse Impacts Mental Health Few illegal drugs have a reputation for being as malignant or as dangerous as crystal meth, or crystal methamphetamine. Known as ‘ice’ or ‘glass’, crystal meth induces euphoria as the brain is flooded with dopamine and noradrenaline – neurochemicals responsible...
New Mexico's drug epidemic New Mexico’s reputation as one of the leading states for drug and alcohol abuse remains unchallenged as policy-makers grapple with how to solve what appears an intractable problem with cultural, systemic and even political causes. The statistics are alarming and put New...
The Rat Park Experiment “Drugs don’t cause addiction… Our problems are deeper than drugs, and we’ve used drugs as a smokescreen.”[1] Bruce Alexander Bruce Alexander is a whistle-blower of sorts among the scientific community. The former Professor Emeritus at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University in Canada was...
Most Abused Drugs of College Students College is a brave new world for students freed from the strict supervision of their parents and reveling in new-found freedom. Yet it is a double-edged sword: US college campuses are flush with drugs. Often students test the limits of...
Five Red Flags of a Problem Drinker The first difficulty of helping someone who abuses alcohol is their irrational denial that it represents a problem. In fact, this is one of the classic signs of alcoholism. Recognizing unmistakable patterns of behavior can help breach that defense. The...