Drug Rehab Success During the Holidays
The holidays are times for friends and families to get together, in many cases with ones they haven’t seen in a while. What do you do if you notice or suspect that they may have a drug problem?
Believe it or not, the best time for drug or alcohol rehabilitation is [...]
Drug Facts Explained
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab of Georgia has embarked in a campaign of drug education to stem the growing tide of drug abuse and drug addiction in the community.
“We know that knowledge is the best weapon against drug abuse,” states Mary Rieser, Executive Director for The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in [...]
This article in CNN news talks about other things, but it is of interest that Rush promotes that drug treatment helped him to learn more about himself than he would have otherwise.
Reducing the stigma of Oxycontin abuse, a bit by his otherwise conservative life and views he has opened the door for other drug abusers [...]
Didn’t anyone realize that ethical business men are not going to suddenly rush to open up dispensaries that provide marijuana? The same vendors that were selling illegally are likely to go from the illegal side to the legal side of sales, but unless they have a serious education about ethics, there is going to be [...]
This is great news – not only is the state of New York apparently pushing drug treatment instead of incarceration for those who are drug abusers, there are some real stats to show they are going to save money and lives.
From the article – “Every $1 invested in addiction treatment programs yields a return [...]
We can only hope that the sobering truth sinks in as the audience watches DJ AM attempt to help others overcome their addiction.
It is not easy to overcome addiction, but apparently easy to hide. Obviously, though claiming to be clean, DJ AM was struggling with prescription drug abuse.
Unfortunately, recently the only way that some of [...]
Isn’t it a shame, that with all the money that Congress is going to spend, primarily to get the economy going, that someone couldn’t have found a little money for New Directions Treatment Center. It probably would not have cost much to keep it open, and obviously, it has helped save some lives [...]
Conferences like this one held recently in El Paso, Texas that examine current policy regarding the War on Drugs are important if there is to be any forward progress on the drug problem.
Whether we call it a war or not, the current and long term policies and procedures regarding drug abuse have been a failure [...]
There probably has never been a study regarding the statistics of drug treatment versus incarceration that did not show that drug treatment is less expensive and more effective than incarceration.
This study shows that heroin and crack-cocaine addicts commit fewer crimes after receiving treatment, but the same is probably true for those who abuse methamphetamine or [...]
Too many soldiers and veterans have addiction problems. Some apparently went into the military using opiates and some starting using the drugs once they got into the combat zones.
Coming back to the states with drug addiction problems will only compound an already difficult situation – how to fit back into the world after experiencing war [...]
