Narcan is a brand name for naloxone, a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. This life-saving drug can quickly block the effects of opioids in the brain....
What Are The Mental Health Risks of Methamphetamine Use?
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A 2021 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that frequent methamphetamine use, defined as using for at least 100 days in the past year, increased by...
The synthetic opioid fentanyl is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Originally, fentanyl was designed to treat severe pain, the kind after surgery or that cancer patients can experience....
What is ACT Therapy and How Does It Help Treat Addiction?
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT therapy) teaches people tools to help them move past negative emotions and focus on healing. This is done by accepting the person’s thoughts and feelings...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed coverage for addiction treatment. Previously, someone with a substance abuse disorder was rarely covered for treatment, whether they had private or public insurance. Even...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking “as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 g/dl or above.”...
