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5 signs of nursing burnout
Burnout can trigger addiction. Even more, job burnout can keep medical staff from both personal satisfaction and perfor ...
Narcotics unit police officer: “Visual arts can create social change”
We speak with artist Ralph Irby about why he depicts men, women and children in times of struggle. And how his art has h ...
Top 10 street slang terms for money (buying or selling drugs)
If your child or loved one uses any of these words, you'll know that they're buying or selling drugs. ...
Crack cocaine street names
An ongoing series for parents, family or friends of addicts looking to see-through addiction. From the Office of Nation ...
Parent of drug addict help: Top 10 truths to help parents
My son’s addiction started in high school, with what at the time I considered to be “normal” experimentation with ...
Addiction and art
This book claims to be created for scientists in order to put a "human face" on addiction. It works. Learn why you shoul ...
SAMSHA / SAMHSA – A source of drug addiction recovery help?
The U.S. government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) just updated their website. ...
Video game 911 call – Should parents cop out their kids?
We discuss classic addiction intervention techniques of parents with teens who are video game addicts here. Why? Because ...
Internet addictions on the rise
It's a new year and a new format. Rather than spread addiction topics across the year willy-nilly, I've decided to pres ...