Though the definitions of drug abuse are many and often varied, the basic definition states that it is the willful consumption of a performance enhancing or psychoactive substance for non-medical or non-therapeutic reasons. In addition to the definition, the prevalence of drug-related crimes compounds the issue even further. Ultimately, prolonged drug abuse oftentimes results in physical or psychological harm (or both), and of course, death.

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Responsibility is a word that some people don’t like, but it is a big part of having a substance abuse problem and being successful in recovery. To begin with, you have to take responsibility for your own actions.

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Research by the Centers for Disease Control revealed that prescription drugs are present in more cases of death by drug overdose than heroin or cocaine. As the number of prescriptions written for painkiller drugs has risen over the past fifteen years, the number of overdose deaths they are involved in has increased as well.

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Heroin is considered to be one of the most strongly addictive drugs out there today. It is believed that between two and three million people in the United States use heroin at some point during their lives. This is an unfortunate statistic, as there are many negative short-term and long-term effects of the drug. (more…)