ADDICTION PREVENTION

Ren in Drug Prevention
July 15, 2021

Loneliness and Sadness – How Hard Times can Lead to Addiction

When looking at what causes addiction, we almost always must look into the past. This is because most people use drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism for a problem they could not solve back then, a problem that they cannot solve now either.

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Ren in Drug Prevention
June 6, 2021

Experimentation with Drugs in Youth Linked to Addiction in Adulthood

Most parents want to do everything they can to ensure their children grow up to lead healthy, productive, successful lives. That goal acts as a driving force behind how parents raise their children and the day-to-day actions that parents take in doing so.

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Dan Kane, MA, Ed.S, LPC in Local News
February 18, 2020

Narconon Arrowhead Educates Local Youth on Negative Impact of Drug and Alcohol Use

Canadian, Oklahoma is a community that has been challenged by drug and alcohol abuse for decades. It has suffered from the negative impacts that alcohol abuse and harder drug use including methamphetamine and crack cocaine can have on a small town.

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Ren in Information on U.S. States
January 15, 2020

Prevention and Rehabilitation Solution to the 21st-Century’s Worst Public Health Crisis

With the onset of the New Year and the new decade ahead , I decided to do some light reading of health-related reports for the last twenty years, as well as projections for the coming decade. I happened across a report from Brookings. Its opening statement was pretty grim.

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Ren in Drug-Related News
September 16, 2019

National Panel Urges Changes to Addiction Screening

A surprising headline in an August 13th, 2019 issue of “U.S. News“ reads, “All U.S. Adults Should Be Screened for Illicit Drug Use, National Panel Urges.” That came as a bit of a shock. Such an approach has never been suggested before.

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Ren in Sobriety
September 11, 2019

How Social Interaction Can Inspire Sobriety

For some time, addicts, addiction experts, family members of addicts, treatment center employees, scientists, and others have tried to probe the secrets of addiction. For decades, centuries even, mankind has sought to unravel this seemingly universal flaw of human nature—the flaw of addiction.

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Ren in Prescription drug abuse
May 29, 2019

Do We Really Need Addictive Pharmaceutical Drugs?

Let’s take a minute to openly and honestly ask, “Do we really need to use addictive pharmaceuticals to be healthy? Would it be possible to address physical pain without having to turn to potent prescription drugs?“ Just a cursory glance at news headlines these days will show us…

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Ren in Health risks
March 28, 2019

How to Heal from a Surgery While Avoiding Addiction Risk from Painkillers

No one wants to undergo surgery, but it is sometimes necessary or desirable. Anything from a simple wisdom teeth removal to an appendectomy for a ruptured appendix or a C-Section for a pregnancy complication, all of these count as surgeries.

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Ren in Prescription drugs
March 24, 2019

Exploring a Proposed Reduction in Opioid Prescribing

Let’s talk about one of the most controversial subjects in pharmaceutical prescribing. This is the current proposal for reducing opioid prescribing to curb the opioid epidemic.

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Ren in Drug Prevention
March 6, 2019

Are Parents Doing Enough for Their Kids? How Poor Parenting Could Lead to Drug Abuse amongst Our Youth

Parents want the best for their kids. That’s nothing new. Parents are always looking for ways to be better parents, constantly seeking tools and strategies for adjusting their parenting in the best way possible.

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