If you’re on the mend from an invasive surgery or coping with moderate to severe pain, you might find your doctor writing an prescription for codeine. Classified as a narcotic, Codeine is an opioid pain medication. According to Dictionary.com, it is characterized as “a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid…chiefly [used] as an analgesic or sedative…
The second of the twelve core functions of substance use treatment is intake. At first glance, it’s easy to think it’s just a fancier worded reiteration of the first core function (screening), but understanding the intake process and how it differs from all other processes is important. In fact, the intake procedures are some of…
An amazing article just recently hit The Huffington Post. Erin Schumaker, the Senior Healthy Living Editor, prefaced it with a reference to “a landmark report” issued by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry in 1964 that “changed the course of American history.” It’s credited with sparking our country’s decline in smoking. 50 years later, Surgeon…
u. Blame; what is it? According to Merriam-Webster, blame is “to say or think that a person or thing is responsible for something bad that has happened.” Let’s be honest; when something bad happens, we all want someone or something to blame. And we don’t take too kindly to that someone being ourselves. When it comes…