The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on Americans’ mental health, according to a new survey out Thursday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It found elevated levels of symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders, substance use and suicidal ideation among

All of us have that one friend who epitomizes the definition of a pothead. Not only does that red-eyed, giggly bastard enjoy a wake-n-bake more than life itself, but he also cannot seem to function at all among civil society without a buzz between the eyes. Sure, he tells everyone that his

Author: Jeremy Rehm / Source: Science News The physician as addict — The rate of drug abuse or addiction among physicians is from 30 to 100 times that of the general public…. The American Medical Association estimates that some 60,000 of the country’s 316,000 doctors misuse drugs of various

Many of us in early recovery wonder just how much to disclose to potential employers. As recovering addicts and alcoholics we can have such colorful pasts, and some of the information that is asked of us is difficult to weed through. If we have really experienced our addictions, we might have

On January 2, Bam Margera announced that would be entering rehab for the third time. The 39-year-old has struggled with substance abuse exacerbated by the death of his best friend Ryan Dunn, who perished in a car crash in 2011. Margera entered rehab last January following a DUI arrest in