Cannabis or marijuana is a psychoactive drug used in the medical field as well as for recreational use. Unlike other addictive drugs, marijuana only causes a person to gain a mental addiction with repeated use. The user becomes addicted to the feelings that they have when using marijuana and he or she will constantly crave those feelings throughout the day. Marijuana addiction is real. Even though this addiction does not affect a user...

Norco is a mixture of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. This drug is in the opioid family and is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Other drugs similar to Norco include, but are not limited to Lorcet, Lortab, Vicodin, and Zydone. All of these drugs are a mixture of acetaminophen and hydorcodone, but the differences in strengths and competing companies are the reasons for different names. Norco is taken orally in a pill form and...

Opiate abuse is very persuasive and very hard to treat in our society. Opiates like codeine and morphine are on the rise all across the U.S. These medicines have become just as deadly as “street drugs” like cocaine and ecstasy. Opiate abuse is a much bigger problem than you would think in the United States. In the year 2006, there was an estimated 17 million plus people that had abused opiates, whether they intended to or not....

Percodan is a pain reliever used to relieve moderate to severe pain. It contains a combination of aspirin and oxycodone. Aspirin is in the group of drugs called salicylates that work by reducing substances in the body that causes fever, pain, and inflammation. Oxycodone is in the group of drugs called narcotic pain relievers and are highly addictive if misused. Because percodan is a stronger pain reliever, it is not recommended for...

Buprenorphine is a semi synthetic opioid that is used to treat opioid addiction in higher doses and to control moderate pain in non opioid tolerant patients in lower doses. Buprenorphine has helped thousands of people safely overcome their addiction to opioid drugs, but it is still an addictive drug that in some cases causes the user to lose their addiction to the opioid that they were originally addicted to and obtain an addiction to...

Tramadol is a central acting opioid analgesic drug used to treat moderate to severe pain, treatment for restless leg syndrome, and fibromyalgia. Tramadol comes in many forms so that all kinds of people can use the drug. Capsules, tablets, suppositories, powders and liquids are a few of the forms of Tramadol that are available for use. This drug has also been used in the veterinary field for post operative treatment. Tramadol, like all other...