Dealing with Drug Abuse in the Family
What exactly is drug abuse?
The use of a drug for a nontherapeutic effect. Some of the most commonly abused drugs are alcohol; nicotine; marijuana; amphetamines; barbiturates; cocaine; methaqualone; opium alkaloids; synthetic opioids; benzodiazepines, including flunitrazepam (Rohypnol); gamma-hydroxybutyrate; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy); phencyclidine; ketamine; and anabolic steroids. Drug abuse may lead to organ...

A lot of people ask me how to stop smoking marijuana and how I did it. It is always challenging to break a habit, no matter what that habit is and marijuana is no different. Quitting isn't easy, trust me! I smoked pot heavily for years and quitting was one of the most challenging things I have ever done.


Unlike many other drugs such as cocaine and heroin, marijuana does not have any physical addiction properties. The addiction is purely psychological and as such it is...

Smoking has become the affliction of a large magnitude of people and others seem to be joining the smoke bandwagon at an alarming rate. Smoking has become a very common sight with one out of every fifth person being a smoker. The trend of smoking has become very common among teenagers also. The problems one gets due to smoking are many, but they do not seem to encourage people to stop smoking or deter people for starting to smoke. The hazardous effects of smoking are many, but people do...

1. Don't hang around people and places where you might be tempted to drink. Stop going to the bars where you used to drink and stop associating with people who will pressure you to drink.

2. Go through your cabinets and throw away every single bottle of alcohol. If you have a spouse or roommate who drinks alcohol, kindly ask if they could drink when you're not around.

3. Take it one day, one second, or even one hour at a time.

4. Advertise it to the...

Rolling tobacco or shag, as it is popularly known, is a fine cut tobacco for self made hand rolling cigarettes. It can be made by rolling the tobacco into a rolling paper or injecting it into filter tubes. One of the main reasons why people go for rolling tobacco is that they can be customised based on your interests and preferences. This means that you can make your cigarettes in different forms and shapes, not to mention the different flavours and tastes that you can add to...

Marijuana is the flower, leaves, bud and branches of the hemp plant. Marijuana is the most used drug in the USA besides alcohol and cigarettes. It can be smoke or eaten for its narcotic side effects. Though you can smoke to get the high, eating it takes longer to feel the effected. When smoked this drug stays in the lungs for a few seconds and can last in your urine for up to 5-10 days. It can take between four to six weeks to leave your body. Smoking weed, which is another name for...

The very word, 'addict', means a "person who is given up to a habit, especially something bad or harmful". Here lies the seriousness of the problem. We find an ever-increasing number of alcohol addicts now-a-days who are far more sophisticated and serious than De Quincey's "English opium-eater" or Bankimchandra's opium-addict, "Kamalakanta".

Causes may be many and diverse. Parental neglect, frustration, imitation of the West, social indiscipline...

Realizing that you have an addiction can be one of the scariest experiences in a person’s life. Not only will it seem like you’re whole world is falling apart right before your eyes, but looking forward to a future of sobriety seems next to impossible in that moment of time. Luckily, there are a number of top-notch rehab facilities in the United States, just waiting to help you overcome your addiction.

Celebrities have become trendsetters in almost every...

Alcoholism can be divided into three stages Early stage alcoholism, middle stage alcoholism and end stage alcoholism. Heavy use of alcohols and that too frequently will lead the drinker to end stage alcoholism. Consuming one or two drinks daily for a healthy man is considered as acceptable level of alcohol consumption. When the frequency or the amount of drinking increases, the early stage alcoholism occurs. If you continue to drink after this, it will lead to end stage alcoholism which...

When we dream there are common types of dreams that we have. They include digestive dreams (food), psychological, from the spiritual side, future, precognitive, new Information, knowledge, the dead or spiritual guides and context of our thoughts. Our conscious mind has no control over what we dream, they are always free spirited and derive from our conscious thoughts.
Even though dreams are studied scientifically, we all have differences in our genetic make-up that result in other...