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Hair Follicle Drug Testing: Is It the Right Drug Testing Method For You?

Hair folicle drug testing is one of the most beneficial means of detecting drug abuse in just about any setting. Whether you need to test for drugs in the workplace, in schools or even at home, hair testing can provide the level of accuracy and the reliability you need. Besides, what is the point of [...]

Marijuana (THC)

Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been [...]

Coping Emotionally With Overcoming Addiction

Overcoming addiction, particularly Drug addiction (as seen in the recent HBO Documentary “Addiction”), is perhaps one of the most difficult physical challenges we as humans can surmount. Our body’s dependency on a substance like drug can lead to physical side effects from withdrawal. The repercussions are multi-dimensional, and can be physical torture. Invariably it’s will [...]

Cancer Causing Agents: Tobacco & Nicotine

Smoking is the single biggest cause of cancer in the world, and accounts for one in four cancer deaths in the States. Smoking is known to cause around eighty percent of lung cancer around the world. The 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse has shown that about 62 million people in the United States [...]