Monthly Archives: June 2011

These are some interesting stats about the drug called “Spice” or K2. As I’ve been posting in our chemical dependency counselor catagory about different drug news, spice is rising to “fame” in the drug community. Alongside with other synthetic drugs, … Continue reading →

So I’ve been posting about Synthetic drugs in our chemical dependency counseling archives for a while now, but I didn’t think it was THIS bad! Addiction physiology shows that these synthetic drugs are now offsetting the global use of cocaine … Continue reading →

This “worrying trend”, The Home Office describes, has been a menacing problem for chemical dependency counseling, addiction physiology, and the world. Young people are not taking head to these legal highs as much as they should, just because some is … Continue reading →

Recently there has been an explosion of articles, in the chemical dependency counseling community, on this epidemic in Russia called “Krokodil”. TIME wrote an article on this and people are worried about the effect it could have if it spreads … Continue reading →

Exit strategies are starting to be talked about in chemical dependency counseling and addiction physiology. This has been America’s longest war and now it might be coming to an end… “40 years ago this week, President Richard Nixon declared illicit … Continue reading →

This has been a slight controversial subject within in the chemical dependency counselor community. Chemical dependency counseling wants to provide help to addicts, but there is a fine line between legalization for medical purposes and legalization for personal uses. Here’s … Continue reading →

This is nothing new to chemical dependency counseling or addiction physiology in general, but doctors might be over-prescribing people. Doctors are begining to be to quick to grab for their prescription pads…more on this… “NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – U.S. … Continue reading →

This post was taken from the “Drugs-Forum” and I think it’s an excellent project to support! Not only will this research project be helping out a chemical dependency counseling student, but also addiction physiology in general. I think the results … Continue reading →

The numbers are a little bit shocking in the chemical dependency counseling community when you break them down. This isn’t as big of a problem in the U.S at the moment, but with the way the war on drugs is … Continue reading →

There is no doubt that a drug war does indeed exist, but what should you think of it? People in chemical dependency counseling and addiction physiology will have mixed feelings about this. What are your views on the drug war?  … Continue reading →