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Benzodiazepines Facts

What are clonazepam, diazepam and their –zepam cousins? Find out more about these often abused prescription meds better known as Valium, Ativan, etc.

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Medication’s Role In Drug Treatment

What role should medication play in the world of substance abuse treatment and recovery?

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Teen Drug Use Stats

Drug use is still an epidemic among U.S. teens. Who’s using and what drugs are popular now?

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The Link Between Genetics & Addiction

Will it one day be possible to customize our kids, ordering up offspring with specific traits and free of risk factors for certain diseases?

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Suicide and Addiction

Suicide rates increase among drug and alcohol abusers and put users at greater risk.

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The UK’s Controversial Heroin Treatment Program

The British are trying a radical new treatment for heroin addiction: giving them heroin – on the government’s dime.

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The Ibogaine Controversy

This African psychoactive drug is being touted as a new way to kick opiate addiction, but treatment experts are skeptical of this unproven, risky method.

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Anti-addiction Pill Drug Treatment?

A Wisconsin company is working to develop a therapy in pill form to help those addicted to drugs, alcohol and nicotine.

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Agassi Drug Admission

Tennis great Andre Agassi admits to using crystal meth and lying about it to save his career in his new book, Open.

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Injection Drug Addiction Dangers

Injection drug users are at greater risk for blood-borne infections and overdose than other substance abusers.

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Youth and Drug Abuse

Despite all the knowledge at their fingertips, kids today still aren’t able to “just say ‘no’” when it comes to drug use.

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Tamper-proof OxyContin?

Can changes to the best-selling prescription painkiller OxyContin lower the likelihood of abuse? The manufacturer and the FDA hope so.

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DJ AM’s Death from Prescription Drug Overdose

The celeb DJ and entrepreneur died of “acute intoxication” from a combination of drugs that included cocaine, Oxycodone, Vicodin, Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax and more.

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Facts on LSD: Origins, Effects and Addictiveness

As club drugs rise in popularity, The Canyon offers some facts on the psychedelic chemical, LSD.

Demerol: What it is and How it Becomes Addictive

The Canyon gives some details on the prescription drug, Demerol.

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OxyContin: The Hillbilly Heroin

What makes OxyContin addiction so different from other prescription drug addictions?

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California Dual Diagnosis Treatment Facility Gets an Online Facelift

Foundations Recovery Network, a dual diagnosis company, redesigns The Canyon’s Web site.