Mood Food – And Drug Detox.

An article about the healing of mood disorders with good food contains  a timely warning against abuse of the body by the use of prescription drugs, and against starving the body of nutrition, by eating foods that are high in “empty calories”, that lack the essentials for good health. Article author, Heather Scott provides a short review of the facts – that to curb the tide of increasing...

Is Your Teen Drinking Too Much

Alcohol is a drug, that is widely used in moderate amounts due to its antidepressant effects. It is easy for teens to obtain alcohol, even when underage, particularly if in a peer group and a community that approves of and encourages regular alcohol drinking, and where there is alcohol use in the home. Parents today face a challenge because alcohol has long been regarded as a harmless social tool, that has had...

Drug Resilience – Argue with Mom!

New research from the US says that kids who argue with Mom can develop better drug resilience. Kids who are able to argue and win with their parents are said to be better able to resist peer pressure to use alcohol and drugs. The study suggests that if parents are too demanding of unquestioning compliance, kids are likely to be less able to make strong decisions for themselves against substance abuse. Children need...

How To Get Drug Free.

The traditional view of drug use is that people use drugs because they want to get high, live a life of abandonment of traditional values, with no responsibility. People who choose to use drugs against the social order, contrary to directions given on their prescription medication, do so in the spirit of rebellion. Drug supply and abuse is considered to be immoral, and attracts criminal penalties. It is recognized...

Tainted Ecstasy Alert – Vancouver BC

The coroner in Vancouver BC recently found links between one of four ecstasy deaths in Vancouver,  and five recent ecstasy deaths in Calgary, Alberta, with the ecstasy found to contain the same toxic substance. According to Dr Perry Kendall, provincial health officer for British Columbia – the toxin is meth drug PMMA (Paramethoxy-methamphetamine), that previously has not been associated with using ecstasy...