A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Paul Brewer was raised in a loving home with two supportive parents. As a child, Paul was very active in all kinds of sports and was a high-achieving honor roll student. He attended church with his parents regularly and was an active...
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Why Are Opioids Addictive?
Why are opioids addictive? Opioids are highly addictive because they flood the brain with endorphins and dopamine, which produce feelings of pleasure, satisfaction, and euphoria. The “high” is so powerful and unlike any natural rush of endorphins and dopamine that the...
Scheduling and Drug Classification Charts: Making Sense of Drugs
Table of contentsWhat is Drug Scheduling?Legal Drug Classifications ChartWhat are the Chemical Classifications of Drugs?Chemical Drug Classifications ChartLearn More About Addictive Substances Drug classification and scheduling systems are helpful ways for people of...
Texas Overdose Deaths Have Nearly Tripled in the Last 18 Years
The entire U.S. is facing an ongoing opioid crisis, and Texas is no exception. Although the Lone Star State isn’t typically known for being a hotspot for opioid overdoses, recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prove the face of the...
Battling Prescription Drug Abuse in Texas
Like most states in the U.S., Texas is facing a severe problem with abuse of and addiction to prescription opioids. What is Prescription Drug Abuse? Prescription drugs are carefully controlled substances that are prescribed by a doctor to an individual patient for a...
Set Free from the Bondage of Addiction
Al Lesem’s upbringing in Houston, Texas was difficult. His mother passed away when he was just six years old and his father remarried several times after that. Although his father cared for him and had a great job as a psychiatrist, Al had no structure or guidance as...
New Rules For Hydrocodone – Vicodin, Norco, Lortab
As discussed in an earlier post on this blog, prescription opioid abuse predicts future heroin use. New laws for Vicodin, Lortab, Norco, and other Hydrocodone pharmaceuticals instituted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) could increase this problem in the...