Gloria MacTaggart

Will Meth Abuse Reach New Heights With Shake and Bake?

Ensuring drug users get into drug treatment is more important than ever as this new method of making meth makes the drug more accessible. Police and community groups who've been desperately trying to handle the meth problem by shutting down meth labs... Read >

10,000 Kids Die from ADHD Drugs – But Feds Not Concerned

How far do we have to go before we realize we're headed in the wrong direction with our drug-dependant culture? A new study funded by the FDA and the National Institute of Mental Health has found what they call a 'worrisome' connection between so-calle... Read >

Drug Companies Benefit from Crime and Addiction

Most manufacturers fight to keep their products off the black market; drug companies thrive on it. Generally speaking, when someone spends time and money developing a product, they want to keep the distribution and price of that product under their con... Read >

Can Communication Prevent Drug Addiction and Abuse?

Helpless parents tear their hair out trying to figure out why their kids are taking drugs and how to stop it. These communication tips may help. Just about everyone who takes drugs has a reason for doing so. It's not just a casual activity where they ... Read >

When Young People Take Prescription Drugs, They Don’t Stop at One or Two

The average pill popper in one addiction treatment center has been taking 15 drugs at once. I recently interviewed an administrator in an addiction treatment center and found out that when clients come to them for help with a prescription drug addictio... Read >

Who’s Getting Rid of Roxicodone, the FDA or the Drug Companies?

Are prescription painkillers being banned due to pressure from drug companies protecting their profits? A lot of people are pretty down on the FDA these days, and rightly so: People are dying from, being harmed by, or becoming addicted to drugs the FD... Read >

Should You Report Kids Who Are Taking Drugs or Drinking?

Parents are sometimes reluctant to report their kids' friends when they're drinking or taking drugs. But they could be saving their lives, and the lives of their own kids. Parents often have questions about how to handle the fact that young adult or te... Read >

Alcohol Addiction Wastes 15 Years of a Brilliant Talent’s Life

Accomplishing your goals in life can be pretty hard under any circumstances but when alcohol enters the picture, it's an uphill climb that might last forever. I recently heard a story about a young man, an excellent musician, who had it made very early... Read >

Will Drug Testing Help Resist Peer Pressure?

Drug testing at home and in schools helps resist peer pressure, but anyone relying on testing alone is making a mistake. There are parents and schools all over the country doing drug testing. Some of the kids see it as an imposition, others welcome it.... Read >

What Is Drug Intervention Really Like?

Some parents are reluctant to do an intervention, but it may be their only hope of getting their son or daughter the help that may save their lives. And, really, it's not a bad experience. Many parents have felt helpless about being able to get their k... Read >

How Can We Reform Healthcare?

There are many steps we can take to provide high quality health care at a lower cost. But reining in Big Pharma would be a good start. In Obama's press conference, he said that the most important thing we can focus on to get out of our economic mess is... Read >

Study Sheds New Light on Methadone Deaths

Methadone-related adverse events are climbing in greater proportion than the number of prescriptions for the drug, and deaths have increased by 400%. One painkiller after another has failed us. Is it time to look for non-drug solutions? One of the majo... Read >

Where Does the Annual $50 Billion for the War on Drugs Go?

Nearly two-thirds of War on Drugs funds are spent on incarceration despite the proven success of drug treatment and the proven failure of the prison system to rehabilitate. Parents need to take action if they want their children safe. Parents all over ... Read >

Drug Companies Accountable for Damage

Desperate to protect profits, drug companies waited with baited breath to find out if they're accountable for your injuries. Good news - they are. The Purdue Pharma $634 million fine incurred for misleading the public, and doctors, about the addictiven... Read >

Alcohol Awareness Month – What’s the Biggest Lesson We Can Learn?

No one has to live with an alcohol or drug problem, and no family has to endure the frustration and fear caused by addiction. April is Alcohol Awareness Month. There have been six of them so far. Have they made any difference whatsoever? It's probably ... Read >