In spite of the rise of cocaine use in the 1980’s, the numbers in the past ten years have held steady.
With no actual rise in use, both Canada and the United States are reporting less than two percent of the population using addictive drugs.
The numbers may actually be deceiving and a little higher, since drugs are illegal and not something many would admit to trying, much less using on a regular basis, so the...
This story is about my boyfriend, he became addicted to cocaine.
Well technically, he’s my fiance, but I really don’t think we’ll get married because of his addiction. We’ve been together for the past three odd years and we have a baby who is two years old, his name is Tim and he looks exactly like his father. When we first met, I had no clue that he was involved with drugs. He didn’t tell me anything...
* Drug Addiction is the excessive, and thus injurious, use of certain substances.
People can get easily addicted towards drugs because such substances give them temporary relief from their physical and emotional suffering. It is very hard for one to believe that a loved one has fallen victim to drug addiction, and at times most people do not know what to do because there is a lack of adequate knowledge on how to...
* How is this drug used?
Crystal Meth, also called crystal methamphetamine, is a strong stimulant, which when taken even in small quantities, can lead to insomnia, reduced appetite and improved physical activity.
The drug is also known as desoxyephedrine or methylamphetamine, and it is called crystal meth when it is in the form of crystals. This drug has several street names such as “Tina”, “glass” and...
Literally hundreds of thousands of people used cocaine last year.
Chances are, you either were one of them, or know one of them. Many people remember Heroin from back in the day (the 70’s and 80’s) when it was quite popular too. It (the heroin addiction) didn’t turn out well for people then and it won’t now.
* One of the first signs of a heroin addict is increasingly poor behavior or performance (such as at...
