--- title: Mental Health Blog | Drug Addiction description: Drug Addiction | Mental health blog for families, patients and health professionals in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area --- # Minneapolis St. Paul Mental Health Blog Select Category addiction ADHD ADHD in Children ADHD in Teenagers ADHD Minnesota Adolescent Mental Health Adults advanced practice nurses Aggression Aging air quality alcohol in kids Alcohol use Alzheimers Alzheimer's studies anxiety Anxiety Help APRN Minnesota APRN support ASD austim Autism Behavioral Problems benzodiazepine Bi Polar in children Binge Drinking biofeedback bipolar borderline personality disorder Brain Injury Bullying Caffeine Caffeine poisoning Cannabis Use cardiovascular events CBD Celiac Disease Children Mental Health clinical studies CNS Mental Health Coffee Cognitive Disorder corona virus Covid-19 and our Health dementia Depression Depression in College Depression in Men Depression in Women Depression studies help diabetes Diet Diet and Mental Health Drug Addiction Drug Overdose e-cigs Eating Disorders eating healthy ECT electronic devices evidence based improvement Excercise Exercise for Mental Health exercising mental health Expansion Medicaid Family Fasting fatigue and Covid FDA recall Fear and Phobias fibromyalgia Fish Oils fitness food and mental health Friday point of view Gender Identity Guns and Mental Health Gut Health hallucinations Headaches hearing heart attacks High School and Depression hospitalizations Hypertension IBS Insomnia internet gaming addiction ketamine kratom loneliness love and Mental Health Low Vitamin D Marijuana Use maternal health Medication discontinuation help Meditation Menopause Mental Health Mental health access Mental Health and eating Mental Health coverage Mental health help mental health in pregnancey Mental Health in Pregnancy Mental Health Risk Mental Health Studies Mental health Teenagers Mentally ill Metabolism methamphetamine use Migraines Minnesota APRN mood disorder Music Nightmares Nurse Practitioners Nutrition Obesity OCD Omega 3 Opioid Recommendations opioid use opposition to bill H.F.2803 pandemic Physican Assistants post partum depression Postpartum Depression pregnancy pregnancy and depression Prescription help psilocybin PTSD SAD help Schizophrenia scope of practice Seasonal Affective Disorder self care Senate 511 bill Serotonin S.F. 511 SF511 HF435 Sleep sleep apnea sleep help smartphone Smoking social isolation social media social support SSRI use Stigma and Mental health stimulants stress Stress Help Stroke Substance Abuse Disorder Sugary Drinks Suicide Supplements synthetic drugs Taurine TBI and Sleep TD Teenagers The Sheridan Story TMS Type 1 Diabetes vaping Violence vitamin D warfarin use withdrawl Women Depression Help Womens Mental Health youth depression This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. Posts about: ## Drug Addiction ![Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/Depression/Snip20160302_17-518109-edited.png) [Marijuana Use,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/marijuana-use) [Drug Addiction,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) [Mental Health Risk](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health-risk) ### [Mental Health | Drug use / Binge drinking reach highs 35-50 population](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-drug-use-/-binge-drinking-reach-highs-35-50-population) Thu, Jul 18, 2024 @ 05:30 AM Past-year use of marijuana and hallucinogens, as well as binge drinking rates, for adults between the ages of 35 and 50 reached all-time highs in 2022, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-drug-use-/-binge-drinking-reach-highs-35-50-population) ![Addiction and Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/man-in-black-shirt-and-gray-denim-pants-sitting-on-gray-1134204.jpg) [Drug Addiction,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) [Mental Health Risk](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health-risk) ### [2/3rds of Adults say they or a family member impacted by Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/2/3rds-of-adults-say-they-or-a-family-member-impacted-by-addiction) Tue, May 14, 2024 @ 06:00 AM Two-thirds of adults in the US say they or a family member have been addicted to alcohol or drugs, [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/2/3rds-of-adults-say-they-or-a-family-member-impacted-by-addiction) ![Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/pexels-miguel-arcanjo-saddi-972346.jpg) [Drug Addiction,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) [addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/addiction) ### [⅔ of adults say they or a family member impacted by Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/of-adults-say-they-or-a-family-member-impacted-by-addiction) Wed, Apr 03, 2024 @ 06:00 AM Two-thirds of adults in the US say they or a family member have been addicted to alcohol or drugs,... ...experienced homelessness due to addiction, or experienced an overdose that led to an emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death, according to research published this week by KFF. This figure includes 19% who say they personally have met the same criteria. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/of-adults-say-they-or-a-family-member-impacted-by-addiction) ![Mental Health and Opioids](https://www.maryaprn.com/hs-fs/hub/223026/file-2405037241.png) [Drug Addiction,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) [opioid use](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/opioid-use) ### [Mental Health Update | Understanding the Opioid Epidemic](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-update-understanding-the-opioid-epidemic) Fri, Dec 06, 2019 @ 06:00 AM ## The opioid epidemic is essentially the rising tide of opioid abuse in America.   When opioid abuse becomes serious and frequent, it can lead to addiction and death.   Opioids have become widely available, either via prescription or the black market, and this increasing availability is contributing to an escalation in the number of people who become addicted. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-update-understanding-the-opioid-epidemic) ![adolescent_addictions.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/adolescent_addictions/adolescent_addictions.png) [Drug Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) ### [Addiction | Expert Feedback on the Surgeon General's Report on Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/addiction-expert-feedback-on-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-addiction) Thu, Mar 02, 2017 @ 06:30 AM Last November, the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, MD, announced the release of the first-ever report on substance use, abuse and addiction. Dr Murthy had declared in the month preceding the release: “We are going to stop treating addiction as a moral failing, and start seeing it for what it is: a chronic disease that must be treated with urgency and compassion.” [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/addiction-expert-feedback-on-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-addiction) ![_0021_Nutty_Professor-37.jpg](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/_0021_Nutty_Professor-37.jpg) [Drug Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) ### [Herbal Opioid Alternative? One story of risk, withdrawal, addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/herbal-opioid-alternative-one-story-of-risk-withdrawal-addiction) Fri, Jul 22, 2016 @ 06:30 AM A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report indicates that since 1999, over 165,000 people have died from prescription opioids, prompting the CDC to tackle this public health issue with new guidelines for opioid prescribing in chronic pain. Here is one story of risk, withdrawal and addiction: [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/herbal-opioid-alternative-one-story-of-risk-withdrawal-addiction) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/pain_meds/opioid_misuse.png) [Drug Addiction](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/drug-addiction) ### [Mental Health Update | Opioid misuse higher than previously believed](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-update-opioid-misuse-higher-than-previously-believed) Wed, Jul 01, 2015 @ 06:30 AM ## Using Opioids for Pain is a reasonable path for those with serious chronic pain, however, there is a growing concern over the fact at 1 in 4 are misusing it. According to information from [studies](http://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2015/04000/Rates_of_opioid_misuse,_abuse,_and_addiction_in.3.aspx) and in PsychCongress.com for substance abuse and addiction: [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-update-opioid-misuse-higher-than-previously-believed)