Addiction

Thailand’s “Vomit Temple” Offers Free Treatment for Drug Addicts Author: Shernide Delva There’s a temple called Wat Thamkrabok in Thailand that operates as a no-cost drug rehabilitation center. The temple, run by Buddhist monks, has garnered the name “Vomit Temple” and it’s not for the faint of heat. Every... Learn More

Send Silence Packing Exhibit Raising Suicide Awareness on Campus Author: Justin Mckibben Art is meant to inspire, to make people ask a question and look inside themselves for their own version of the answers, to spark conversations that will bring focus to a concept or idea. I once heard... Learn More

How Improv Can Transform Your Life after Recovery [caption id="attachment_17833" align="aligncenter" width="471"] Cody Withrow, co-founder of I Am Improv, performing on stage.[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva For many of us, the idea of stepping onstage and being asked to perform without a script sounds terribly frightening. However, as an... Learn More

Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon on Recovering From Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben Music has power, to some of us it is the heartbeat and life-blood of our lives. Music is the diverse and intrinsic translation of the world we love into a variety of voices and tempos that decorate,... Learn More

America Still Fighting Prescription Drug Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben Prescription drug addiction is still a very real threat to the lives of Americans today, with mass amounts of individuals being held hostage by the disease of addiction and the opiate epidemic raging on in our homes... Learn More

The 7 Warning Signs of Shopping Addiction [caption id="attachment_17819" align="aligncenter" width="464"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva Shopping can be an exhilarating experience. The euphoria of having something new to wear in... Learn More

Oregon Will Now Expunge Past Marijuana Records Author: Shernide Delva Oregon is one of the first states to address the concerns of marijuana legalization answering the debated question: what do you do with someone with a record for something that used to be a crime but now... Learn More

Why Some Keep Smoking Cigarettes after the First Try and Others Don’t Author: Shernide Delva There’s a new study that explains why people continue to smoke cigarettes after their first try. As a non-smoker, this researched sparked my interest. I've been known to ask my friends that smoke why they picked up... Learn More

Unemployment Hurts Mental Health and Feeds Addiction [caption id="attachment_17774" align="aligncenter" width="453"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben We are all expect to be adults to some extent, as much as we don’t... Learn More

No Prescription Required: CVS Expands Access to Naloxone Author: Shernide Delva CVS is stepping up to reduce the staggering number of opioid related deaths by making the anti-overdose drug Naloxone (or Narcan) easily accessible. We’ve talked how theirs a push to put the drug in the hands of... Learn More

Bernie Sanders Pushing Bill to Battle Drug Pricing Problems Author: Justin Mckibben Again, this Bernie Sanders character has my attention. Given the recent news about outrageous pricing spikes in various stories, including the big scandal involving the AIDS and cancer medication Daraprim and the progressive price surges with the... Learn More

Drug Policy Barely Discussed During Republican Debate Author: Shernide Delva The opioid epidemic is discussed in the media every day now. Every week, money is being proposed to help end the prescription pill and heroin addiction crisis. In addition, marijuana reform has continues to be a controversial... Learn More

Thailand’s “Vomit Temple” Offers Free Treatment for Drug Addicts

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