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Find out which drugs make your teeth fall out, including meth, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, alcohol and more. Learn about the impact of substance abuse on oral health and how treatment can help. Drugs and Teeth: Which Drugs Make Your Teeth Fall Out?  When people think about ...

Fentanyl is one of the biggest public health threats in the United States today. Fentanyl is responsible for a large percentage of overdose deaths nationwide, whether it’s in counterfeit prescription pills, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, or other illicit substances. Understanding why fentanyl is so dangerous can help ...

Six people die from alcohol poisoning every day in the United States. The CDC puts the annual figure at roughly 2,200, and that number doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands of alcohol-related emergency department visits that happen each year in California alone. The majority of people ...

Knowing how to help a drug addict can feel confusing, frightening, and emotionally exhausting. When someone you love is struggling with drugs or alcohol, you may feel caught between wanting to protect them and needing to protect yourself. Many families live with constant worry, broken promises, ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome in adults is more common  than most people realize. Usually, the condition is never diagnosed during childhood, and that is exactly what makes it challenging to navigate. If you, or someone you know are dealing with this syndrome, don’t worry, you’re not alone. ...

The opioid epidemic continues to be a heartbreaking reality for communities around the country. But, new information indicates that the country could be headed for a turning point. While fentanyl still accounts for the majority of overdose deaths, early federal data show overdose deaths plummeting in ...

Cocaine is one of the most well-known illicit drugs in the world, yet many people know surprisingly little about where it comes from. Questions such as “how is cocaine made,” “what is cocaine made of,” and “where does cocaine come from” are searched thousands of times ...

Substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex and highly individualized disorder that affects people physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. One major barrier to recovery is not just stopping substance use – but facilitating the process of helping people access their own motivation and confidence to make ...

Drug and alcohol use is rarely about the substance itself. For most people, drugs and alcohol become a way to cope with feelings and emotions that can feel too intense, painful, confusing, or overwhelming to handle alone. Someone may drink to calm anxiety, use opioids to ...

Motivational interviewing (MI) is one of the most commonly used evidence-based practices in addiction treatment, mental health counseling, and behavioral health care. Psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick developed motivational interviewing in the 1980s as a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen ...