Ben Affleck, the 46-year-old famous Hollywood actor and filmmaker, has broken his silence over his alcohol addiction treatment earlier this year. Affleck, whose ongoing battle with alcohol and gambling has been very much publicised, spent 40 days in a residential treatment centre for alcohol where he was admitted over the summer. There, he underwent his…
A long term study conducted by the Canadian University of Montreal has evidenced that cannabis use during teenage years can cause brain damage that is long lasting; in some cases irreversible. The study tracked and tested 3,800 teenage participants over a period of four years, with the youngest being aged 13. It is a well-documented fact…
Mixing alcohol and drugs can be deadly Many individuals who take illicit drugs will see alcohol as a less harmful substance. This incorrect belief leads to alcohol and drugs frequently being mixed together; the results of which can lead to addiction and can also prove to be fatal. Alcohol was involved in a third of…