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What is Krokodil? It’s a new drug and it’s awful. - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
A new drug called Krokodil, named after the large, green, toothy reptile, may be the next big killer for American drug users. This controlled substance has particularly heinous ingredients and effects, yet it’s use continues to spread. Parents or communities that are currently watching a heroin problem in their neighborhoods will want to learn about [...]
Unstick Your Brain With This Cool Mindgame - Mon, 09 Jan 2012
Ever feel like your brain is stuck in a rut? This cool little mindgame, demonstrated by a fun & free video, will help you become more of a free thinker. Give it a try! Depending upon how you view the world, this mindgame will either strike you as being ridiculously effortless or frustratingly difficult. It [...]
Teen Drinking – The Friend Factor Revisited - Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Your teen’s drinking patterns are heavily influenced by his or her friendships, but not in the way you may think. An interesting series of studies recently examined the relationship between teen social selection and rates of drinking. The first interaction was found in the manner by which younger teens select their friends. Below the age [...]
Freshman Drinkers Much More Likely to Experience Sexual Assault - Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Freshmen girls who engage in at least one incident of binge drinking have a 1 in 4 chance of being sexually assaulted during their first semester at college. This says a new study released today in the Rutgers University Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. In yet another example of what many would claim [...]
Resolving Organizational Conflict - Mon, 19 Sep 2011
When I was much younger, I truly believed that collaboration was only made possible by an absence of group conflict. I was sold on the notion that organizational harmony was not only possible, but was the natural and inevitable result of an empathetic leadership style. Like many others in business, parenting or volunteer organizations, I [...]
American First: Drug Overdoses Outpace Traffic Deaths - Mon, 19 Sep 2011
Do you live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, or Connecticut? If you do, you no longer have to feel alone with a particularly dubious distinction. For the first time in any of our lifetimes, the average American is now more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car crash. It’s an [...]
Heroin in a Breath Strip - Wed, 07 Sep 2011
A new drug has hit the streets in an alarming new form. It’s an opiate, like heroin or oxycontin, and it comes in the form of sublingual film. Users simply remove the film from the packet and place it under their tongue. It dissolves in 2 to 10 minutes, and takes effect almost immediately. The [...]
The Secret of Your Kid’s Success - Wed, 07 Sep 2011
Vincent Van Gogh once remarked, “Great things are done not by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” There is perhaps no one who could have made a more profound and appropriate statement. Each of Van Gogh’s heralded masterpieces was born not of a single act or impression, but from hundreds of [...]
Drug Proof Home Free Book! - Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Available only as a FREE gift to our new email subscribers, ‘The Drug Proof Home‘, is a quick read. Forty pages that are absolutely jammed packed with cutting edge techniques, valuable insight and fun facts that you never knew existed. In as little as forty minutes, you can put your family on the right track [...]
Growing Up Too Soon - Wed, 13 Jul 2011
The Big Girl Chair This guest post is authored by Sue Major, a mother of four from New Jersey. The other day I was in Costco when I happened upon a young mom and her daughter “Sarah” who was about three years old and Sarah’s baby brother. Sarah clearly had about the same patience level [...]