Posts Tagged ‘cocaine’
Opioids Are Not the Only Pain Medications That Can Be Abused
This article, in a slightly edited form, first appeared on Pain News Network on December 7, 2019. Contrary to popular opinion, opioids don’t cause substance abuse. Opioids certainly may be abused, but it is human biology itself that drives drug abuse. We often get the message that any pain treatment would be better than…
Read MoreWhy Addiction Is Nothing New
If you think the addiction crisis is new, it’s interesting to note that Sigmund Freud was addicted to cocaine. Yes. That Sigmund Freud. So addiction is not a new problem. You might think that, because we’ve been dealing with addiction for so long, that we would have found a cure for it. At least, you’d…
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