Adderall is a powerful stimulant medication that many people, especially young adults, misuse. It has strong effects, similar to methamphetamine, and can be addictiv…
Addiction, which encompasses any substance use disorder, is often misconstrued as a lack of willpower or a moral failing. A person who has been sober for years is ma…
The year 2020 will be remembered for the way the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our lives. Many of us are dealing with the loss of normalcy. At the start of the year, n…
Many families come to Washington drug rehabs at their wits end because a loved one is gripped by drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or opioid addiction. The opioid crisis ha…
This is a question, like most questions involving the complexity of human genes, that doesn’t have a simple “yes” or “no” answer. The short answer is that genetics c…
