Category: Drug

You may be struggling with a strong sweet tooth that leads to eating sugary foods, which can harm your teeth or upset your stomach. You may be experiencing changes in your eating patterns that don’t fully nourish your body. If you’re receiving recovery services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and dealing with anything like this, you’re not alone.  This blog will help you understand why sugar cravings often show up alongside OUD, what you can

Because marijuana isn’t federally regulated, its potency and purity can be difficult to determine with certainty.

Crack cocaine may not make news headlines the way it first did in the 1980s, but crack is still very much present. It can show up in small towns, bigger cities, and even in rural areas. You may not hear about it every day, but crack’s impact can be deeply personal and painfully real for the people living through it.  If you’re in residential recovery or trying to find your way there, learning the roots of

You may be hearing about fentanyl all the time now—in the news, on social media, and in heartbreaking stories of loss. What you might not realize is that fentanyl has been around since the late 1950s. Before it was a national threat, it helped people manage severe pain after surgery or during cancer treatment.  Today, fentanyl is both a powerful medical tool and a dangerous street drug. Understanding where fentanyl comes from, how it gets

Meth is a cheap and often easy to access drug that has gripped many rural communities across South Carolina in recent years.