substance use disorder

National Substance Abuse Treatment Month

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month

Starting in 2011, October was determined to be National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. It is a month where professionals, parents, educators and others bring awareness to and about the health effects from substance abuse. During this month, there are talks about individual addictions and community-wide epidemics. Basically, National Substance Abuse Prevention Month was created to

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Heroin Addiction Treatment

Heroin Effects on the Body

The way heroin impacts a person’s body is going to depend on many factors including stature, sex, weight, existing health status, amount of drugs taken, how drugs were taken, how long someone was abusing drugs, whether they take other substances with the heroin and whether they have any mental health conditions. While some heroin effects

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