E-cigarettes have grown in popularity especially among adolescents and teenagers. The battery-operated devices look like cigarettes but do not burn tobacco. Instead, they use replaceable cartridges with flavors and liquid that contains nicotine. Many advocate the e-cigarettes are a healthy alternative that help smokers quit, but because they are not regulated by the US Food and Drug … [Read more...]
Recovery & Education: Woodbury University
One of the most important components of Sober College’s treatment program is ensuring that young adults who enter treatment do not lose time while working through the recovery process. We believe in encouraging young adults to continue to succeed and acquire the skills and knowledge they need to become successful, independent, sober individuals. Because of this desire, Sober College has … [Read more...]
Medication Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
According to a recent study, the drug Topamax (topiramate), used to treat epilepsy and migraine headaches, could also help treat cocaine addiction. Topamax has previously been found to be effective and safe in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The study, conducted by the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, compared individual responses to … [Read more...]
Rise in E-Cigarette Usage Among Young Adults
E-cigarette usage has skyrocketed in recent years especially among adolescents and teenagers. Officials believe they are causing a new assortment of health risks associated with e-cigarette or "vape" use. Promoted as a healthy alternative to smoking, e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine in vaporized form. The battery-operated devices look like cigarettes but do not … [Read more...]
Health Problems Caused by Substance Abuse
The severity of substance abuse coupled with the effects on both body and brain cause health risks to be vast and detrimental. Each drug group poses its own risks and problems; however, some health problems caused by substance abuse are predominate in a majority of categories. These risks include cardiovascular and lung disease, stroke and cancer. Depending on the type of intake, some put … [Read more...]
Life Skills: Holiday Activities Helping Young Adults Live Life Sober
“The sober fun our young adults are experiencing while in treatment is not just sober fun, it is life skills training on a larger scale. Our young adults are learning first hand that anything they used to do when they were in active addiction, they can also do sober.” Last Thursday and through out the holiday weekend, Sober College students, like other college students, were on Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
College Campus Alcohol and Drug Abuse
According to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, "3.8 million full time college students binge drink and/or abuse prescription and illegal drugs." College Campus Alcohol and Drug Abuse“Wasting the best and the brightest: substance abuse at Americas colleges and universities” is a new study from CASA which finds shocking statistics about college students … [Read more...]
The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Academic Life
Drug and alcohol use on college campuses is universal. Students articulate many reasons why they do it, but most neglect to consider both the long-term consequences of their actions. How wide-spread is drug and alcohol abuse? Teenagers today admit to extensive experimentation. According to one study, 90 percent of teens said that they have used alcohol, over 50 percent have used marijuana, 17 … [Read more...]