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What Are Z-Drugs And Are They Addictive?

Everyone experiences trouble sleeping occasionally, often due to stress, anxiety, or excitement about upcoming events. However, when sleeplessness becomes persistent and starts affecting daily life,...

Does CBD Help With Benzodiazepine Detox?

Benzodiazepines are very powerful central nervous system depressants that are used to treat disorders such as seizures, anxiety, panic disorders, alcohol withdrawal, and are also...

How to Find a Power Greater Than Ourselves

When you first enter the rooms of AA or NA you will hear a lot of talk about “God” and “Higher Power. This can be...

Does Kratom Show Up on a Drug Test?

A lot of people believe Kratom is a useful herbal drug supplement that’s relatively harmless when compared to other drugs. This popular yet incorrect belief...

Can You Get High on Propofol?

Propofol is general anesthesia that is used in surgeries. This drug’s other legal use is for lethal injections during executions. It puts people into a...

Abscesses from Intravenous Drug Abuse

Intravenous administration of drugs is the riskiest way to use drugs. When you street drugs, the majority of the risk is related to the needle....

Does Xanax Help With Insomnia?

Xanax, or Alprazolam, is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It acts on the brain and the central nervous system to produce...

Why is Bromazepam Not Prescribed in the United States?

Bromazepam is an intermediate-acting tranquilizer that is generally prescribed to treat things like panic and anxiety disorders, as well as insomnia. When taken in smaller...

What Does Being Powerless Over Drugs Feel Like?

When anyone is amid drug addiction, feeling powerless is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. It is hard to admit to...

Dihydrocodeine Addiction: Signs and Symptoms

Many people have heard of codeine, a potent opioid painkiller that is generally used to treat moderate or severe pain in hospital settings (oftentimes during...

Differences Between Swallowing and Snorting Drugs

There are many different ways to abuse drugs, whether they are illegal and illicit drugs or prescription drugs. Most can be ingested in many ways...

Does New Jersey Have an Open-Air Drug Market?

Most individuals who are somewhat familiar with the illicit drug trade have heard the term “open-air drug market.” But what does this term mean, and...

Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome and Anxiety

For most of us, detoxing from substances can be something we never want to face because of the intense withdrawal symptoms. It even keeps some...

What Does Valium Feel Like?

Valium (the brand name for the drug diazepam) is a potent prescription sedative used to treat anxiety disorders and seizures. Valium is often frequently used...

Can I Snort Ativan?

Ativan, the brand name for Lorazepam, is one of the 5 most prescribed benzodiazepines, which are a class of central nervous system depressant drugs.  It...

What Does Hydrocodone Feel Like?

Hydrocodone is a potent, prescription opioid painkiller, often prescribed to those experiencing moderate to severe pain for a short amount of time (rarely is hydrocodone...

Drug Rehab Programs for MTA Employees

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has altered its normal bus and subway schedule to accommodate the recent global viral outbreak. As the novel COVID-19 outbreak...

Can You Inject Benzodiazepines?

Benzodiazepines, also known as benzos, are psychoactive drugs used to treat many different conditions including anxiety, panic disorders, seizures, and even alcohol withdrawal. Benzodiazepines include...