Category: Articles
Noticing Opioid Abuse in Senior Citizens
An Overview When we think of substance abuse and overdoses, elderly persons are not the first age group that come to mind. However, they are at a significantly higher risk because of specific issues suffered due to their advanced age. Aside from these risk factors,...
Recovery in Rural Iowa: Financial Issues and Substance Abuse
Money problems and substance abuse can go hand-in-hand and become a vicious cycle. When you have financial issues, you can become depressed and look to self-medicate. If you have a substance use problem, it can cause financial issues as you spend more on substances...
Recovery in Rural Iowa: Opioids and Alcohol
People expect substance use disorders in cities, but assume the “quiet country life” of rural areas is exempt from such problems. It isn’t. Addiction doesn’t discriminate by age, race, gender, or location. The substances abused vary in popularity between urban...
Recovery in Rural Iowa: Challenges of Limited Rehabilitation Resources
A peaceful place in the country with a white picket fence. This is a dream for many people in America, but is it everything they’re imagining? Over 97 percent of the land area in our country is rural and this rural land is home to 60 million people (nearly 20 percent...
