Allen County Unveils New Court to Help Veterans Struggling With Substance …
Allen County unveils new court to help veterans struggling with substance …
Gull and Allen Circuit Court Judge Tom Felts announced the creation of the county's latest "problem-solving court," a Veterans Court specifically tailored to the needs of veterans suffering from mental illness, traumatic brain injuries or substance … Read… Continue reading
Would This Be Considered “Betraying the Family”?
Question by Cybele: Would this be considered “betraying the family”?
My sister, who is 20 and at university discusses our family’s financial problems and our mother’s drug addiction (to prescription tranquilizers) with her boyfriend. My mother considers this to be a “betrayal” and thinks that my sister should be only… Continue reading
Dangerous Games
Dangerous Games
Just as alcoholics and drug addicts self-medicate with their substance of choice, many gaming addicts are using their playing time as an escape from problems or unwanted feelings like sadness, anger, inadequacy or social awkwardness. According to WebMD … Read more on The Huntsville Times – al.com
Bikur Cholim, Virtually or Otherwise
Bikur Cholim, Virtually or Otherwise
Chat, text, G+ hangout, Skype, e-mail, a phone call. I feel like the value of these forms of bikur cholim … But when his daughter struggled with mental illness and addiction, that font of love and support was absent. It would stay absent till his… Continue reading
Prescription Drug Addiction by David L. Ohlms, M.D.
Prescription Drug Addiction by David L. Ohlms, M.D.
FDA cracks down, finally, on painkillers: Our view
*An earlier version of this editorial overstated the number of annual hydrocodone prescriptions. The deadliest drug problem in America is not heroin or cocaine or even crack cocaine. It's the abuse of perfectly… Continue reading