There is a growing correlation between drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health problems, a drug specialist said Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Most clients who come in have a dual diagnosis,” said Cary Quashen from Action Family Counseling. “It is a co-occurring disorder.” Nearly 9 million people have ...

Calls to poison centers about synthetic marijuana shot up 330 percent from January to April of this year, according to a new government report. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. With names like Spice, K2, No More Mr. Nice Guy, and hundreds of others, the drugs often called “synthetic marijuana” are – in ...

A new study is finding that 14 percent of American adults currently have an alcohol use disorder, officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The new study, which was published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at the prevalence of drinking issues based on a new definition for alcohol use disorders ...

The first-ever worldwide report on addiction statistics has been published by researchers in the June edition of the journal, Addiction. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This report is the first-ever on worldwide addiction statistics. They found about 240 million people around the world are dependent on alcohol, more than a billion people ...

Santa Clarita Valley is on pace to see double the drug overdoses from 2014 if the current pace continues, according to Sheriff’s Station officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This year, there have been three confirmed drug overdoses and four more pending confirmation from the Coroner’s Office, Wachsmuth said. Last year there ...

Within a year, the poppy will no longer be the only way to produce heroin’s raw ingredient, and may even be brewed at home, according to a new study. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Morphine, the raw ingredient in heroin, is an opiate used to treat moderate to severe pain, but the rampant ...

A Santa Clarita drug expert is stressing the importance of talking to kids about drugs and alcohol, but when the kids have questions, is honesty the best policy when it comes to talking to them about your past drug abuse? Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “There are two ways to talk to ...

Police and doctors are warning the public about the dangers of a new synthetic drug called “Flakka,” a local drug expert said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The warning comes after a man on the drug tried to break into a police department in Florida by any means necessary. “We hear ...

Substance abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually and treatment can help reduce these costs, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Treatment is more affordable than ever before,” said Cary Quashen from Action Family Counseling in Santa Clarita. The average cost for one ...

According to a recent study, 40 million Americans ages 12 and older—or more than 1 in 7 people—have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs, and all of those people have family members and friends being affected by the addiction as well. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “When anyone is addicted to ...