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In April 2019, Federal Health regulators released an announcement requiring sleep aid manufacturers to add strong warnings on products such as Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata.  These boxed warnings are the most prominent method of warning the public about the severe risks of sleep aids. For a perspective on the massive scale of sleep aid abuse in the US today, take a look at these numbers: Prescriptions for sleeping pills grew to more than 20 million in 2015, up from 5.3…

Methamphetamine is made in illegal labs with ingredients such as lantern fuel, drain cleaner, and battery acid, among many others. You might wonder, “How in the world would a person use such a drug, let alone become addicted to it?” One of the answers is that methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant.  Addiction to Methamphetamine can begin for some individuals from using other stimulants such as Adderall or amphetamines and abusing them. Adderall, for instance, is a drug which is commonly…

More than one in six Americans adults are using psychiatric medications today.  That number is shocking, but not surprising. Prescription drugs have become part of our culture, just as alcohol, cigarettes, and fast-food did.  The drugging of our society is one of those subjects no one wants to talk about because so many of us are part of the problem. Although we hear about the opioid epidemic, little is said about the fact that psychiatric medication abuse is at staggering…