if I knew

Places all over the country like suburban New Jersey, Eastern Washington, Baltimore, and Utah are suffering a major problem: the use of heroin, particularly in teenagers, is on the rise. A trend that is decreasing in many urban parts of the US, due to rehabilitation programs, addiction treatments, and lower demand, are skyrocketing in the country’s more suburban areas. Why? Part of the problem is that enforcing drug laws is extraordinarily difficult with heroin., Heroin’s popularity knows no preferred class, religion, neighborhood, race, or creed. Often with other narcotics patterns emerge among the users that police can follow, but heroin addiction is so widespread that law enforcement doesn’t know where to start. Continue reading →

Brains are like anything else in your body; they need activity, and they need rest. All too often we are going, going, going, without letting our brains get the beauty sleep they need. Sometimes this comes in the form of tossing and turning, sometimes we’re up too late working, sometimes we’re up too late partying, but all of those activities have one thing in common: they don’t include sleeping.

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The stigma surrounding mental health is not new, but it still persists. Mental Illness is often treated more like a character flaw than an actual health issue. People experiencing mental health problems often don’t seek treatment. Perhaps we are embarrassed to ask for help or our insurance may not cover it (if we have insurance at all). Sometimes something we think we have a handle on, like stress or lack of sleep, is actually a symptom of something more serious like depression, an eating disorder, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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Sexual Assault can effect anyone.

Anyone who has ever seen an episode (or several in a row, if you’re bored or home sick) of Law & Order has an idea in their head of what a Sexual Assault looks like. There’s often a dark alley involved, and a masked man. A woman is clawing and fighting for freedom, scrambling to get away. Do these kinds of attacks happen? Yes, all too often, unfortunately. But they’re not the only form of Sexual Assault.
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