NARCONON AUTHOR

Kathy

Kathy Dion has worked in the addiction field for almost 2 decades. As a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Clinical Supervisor, she has been instrumental in the opening of new centers, supervised numerous facilities and helped thousands of addicts.

ADDICTION

When a Doctor Needs Help with Addiction

Drug abuse among the population is on the rise as is well known, especially with the recent problems with prescription painkillers often leading to heroin overdose and even death. What most people don’t realize is that doctors, per statistics are prone to drug and alcohol abuse.

DRUG INFORMATION

Steroid Side Effects - a High Price to Pay for Muscle

Steroid Side Effects - a High Price to Pay for Muscle Anabolic steroids are a synthetic steroid hormone that resembles testosterone in promoting the growth of muscle.

DRUG INFORMATION

Mixing Drugs Can Be a Death Sentence

Many of heroin-related deaths also involved other drugs as well. Polydrug use can have very unpredictable results and be a deadly mix.

DRUG INFORMATION

How “Special” is Special K?

Special K is the street name for Ketamin hydrochloride, it is also known as ketalar, ketaject, vitamin K and super K. Ketamin is a legal prescription anesthetic for both people and animals (such as its use as a horse tranquilizer).