When people reach a certain age, they are incapable of being completely independent, and often times they decide to move to a retirement home. Planning for retirement is a huge part of life, and for many people, there is the option of active retirement communities, which allow seniors to get the medical care they need while still maintaining a high degree of independence.

Many independent living facilities actually allow seniors to live in their own homes and enjoy an active lifestyle, without assistance from senior care personnel. There are also assisted living options for seniors who want to keep as much independence as possible but who want a security blanket in case they need it. There are even some luxury retirement homes which are essentially luxury apartments for sen

Drug addiction is a serious problem in the country, particularly among the youth of today. As of 2010, about 30% of 10th-graders had used marijuana, while more than two-thirds of them said that they could access it quite easily. Worse, that same year almost three percent of 12th-graders had used cocaine, eight percent had abused Vicodin, five percent used inhalants, and nearly five percent had taken Ecstasy.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, drug addiction is a negative patter of using a substance that leads to any number of problems, including withdrawal, an increase in tolerance to the substance, longer durations of usage, and other life problems that result from drug addiction. Teen drug abuse commonly takes the shape of the misuse and abuse of t