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Overdose Awareness Day Looks To Make A
Difference In Addiction Stigma
By: Alberto Stellpflug | - 1888PressRelease - Tri
State Treatment Connections hopes that
International Overdose Awareness Day will
change people's perception on addiction and
encourage more people to seek help.
Philadelphia, PA-NJ - "International Overdose
Awareness Day is held on August 31st each
year, as a way to commemorate those who have died as a result of a drug overdose, acknowledges
the grief felt by their loved ones, and combat the stigma surrounding the disease of addiction.
"Internati ...
Tags: addiction, overdose, treatment, drugs, awareness, heroin
Tech Savvy Generations Buying Drugs Online
By: Drug Testing Australia | - When Daniel Skelly was found dead in his home November 2013 from
a drug overdose, it was a complete shock to everyone who knew him. The death was sudden, which
was a shock in itself since he was only 21 years old. The shock was doubled when it was confirmed
the death was due to a cocaine overdose. As his mother explained, I had never seen him drunk, I
never saw a single sign that he might be taking drugs.1 His parents had no idea he was using drugs
or where he was getting them. So his moth ...
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Drug Rehab Centers: Your Journey To Recovery
By: Nicholas Grimaldi | -
Intake of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana can lead to a number of problems in people
finally resulting in loss of life. People start taking these drugs for a number of reasons. In most cases
it is the friends group who insists a peer to start taking doses of marijuana or cocaine. Other reasons
might be stress and frustration towards life, just for enjoyment purpose, and so on. A person
addicted to a drug find it very hard to come out of the problem. A number of Drug Rehab centers ...
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What You"??ll Get Out Of Joining Drug Rehab Center New Jersey
By: treatmentcenterfinder | - The most difficult thing about life, is living. Living on drugs must be
torture. So why not join Drug Rehab New Jersey and make it easier on yourself. Itll be the first time
you feel in control. The world will be your oyster again. Instead of sitting in a nest of issues to do
with drugs and abuse, you could get the attention you need. Find it at a Drug Rehab in New Jersey.
What Youll Get Out Of Joining Drug Rehab Center New Jersey
You wont die young, for one. ...
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Treatment Needs Of Combined Alcohol And Drug Addiction
By: back2basicssoberliving | - Drugs along with alcohol addiction is increasing at an alarming rate in
the United States with the data emerging from National Institutes of Health stating that
hospitalization for combined alcohol and drug overdoses has increased by 76% for people between
the ages of 18 and 24 between the years of 1999 and 2008. The mixing of drugs along with alcohol
often occurs due to the fact that majority of people do not consider alcohol to be dangerous and
therefore consume alcohol without considering its ...
Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, drug and alcohol
rehab centers
Helping A Drug Addict
By: Solution to Addiction | - When someone you love is addicted to drugs or alcohol, getting them
help is foremost in your mind. You see them destroying their life, losing everything they have worked
for. Their health may be failing, yet they hardly notice it. In fact, they seem to negate recognizing
anything negative in their life. They only focus on finding that next fix or drink. Helping an addict is
not easy, but it can be done.
Drugs make a person blind to what is going on around them. You will find that an ...
Tags: drug rehab, rehab centers, intervention, addiction, alcohol
Latest Trends In Alcohol And Drug Abuse
By: back2basicssoberliving | - Alcohol and drug abuse has expanded its tentacles in the United
States with nearly 4.6 million drug related Emergency Department (ED) visits nationwide in 2009.
These are national estimates on drug related visits to hospital emergency departments (ED) as
obtained from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) a public health surveillance system
managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Substance Administration (SAMHSA) and U.S
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Approx ...
Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, drug and alcohol
rehab centers, drug and alcohol rehab services
Drug Safety Training And Its Benefits
By: Carmelo Shepard | - There are different laws and techniques surrounding drug safety. But there
have been circumstances where these techniques and laws fail. The training for drug safety can be
properly controlled by medical professionals in cases especially related to pain killers. Pain killers
are considered to be dangerous as they form dependency and have purely recreational allure. This
also depends on the assessments that are made by doctors. Doctors prescribe important medicines
and at the same time the pharma ...
Tags: training for drug safety, drug safety
You Could Be Liable For Your Friend's Drug Related Death
By: James F. Davis | - Overdose deaths and drug-related suicides are all too common in the US, and
prosecutors have often sought to make others pay the price if they are involved in a situation that
ends with an overdose death. Even if you didn't directly contribute to the death, involvement in any
way can merit a criminal charge that could come with a severe prison sentence - even if the person
ultimately survives the overdose. And considering that some areas of the country have a higher
incidence of overdose death ...
Tags: overdose death, overdose liability, drug overdose, overdose dea
Review On Alcohol And Drug Rehab Treatment Centers
By: back2basicssoberliving | - Alcohol and drug abuse is quite rampant in United States with the
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC officially labeling prescription
drug abuse a national epidemic for the year-2011-12. Drug overdose has raised five fold over the last
decade and an overdose from prescription drugs now exceed those from cocaine and heroin
combined. There are also startling statistics revealed by National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration in its report that was released in 2010. T ...
Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, drug and alcohol rehab, alcohol and drug rehabilitation
centers, drug and alcohol rehab centers
Opioid Replacement Therapy During Drug Detox
By: James F. Davis | - Opioid Replacement Therapy is a powerful tool to help people who are
addicted to opiate-based drugs like heroin, morphine or Oxycontin detox safely. While the ultimate
goal of opioid replacement therapy is an eventual complete abstinence from all opioid drugs, it has a
number of other features that benefit drug addicts and the communities where they live. This
includes fewer instances of disease transmission, a reduction in crime related to drug-seeking
behavior and fewer overdose deaths and s ...
Tags: drug detox, safe drug detox, alcohol detox, detox for meth
Drug Tolerance: The 7 Clinical Types
By: James F. Davis | - There are 7 types of tolerance to chemical substances, all of which have at
least some impact on the processes of drug abuse and addiction. Tolerance invariably leads many
addiction-prone people to use more and more of a substance in order to achieve the same results,
but there's more to it than this alone. In fact, most people are unaware that there is more than one
type of tolerance. The following are the 7 types and their descriptions.
Acute
Acute tolerance refers ...
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Rehab Birmingham: Curing Drug Abuse Differently
By: Mc Hugh | - Drug rehabilitation is a course of action that is taken for the psychotherapeutic
treatment of drug addicts for their incessant and continual dependency on psychoactive substances.
An addict is sent to a rehab center when he/she stops the continuance of the consumption of drugs
suddenly. When it comes to getting treatment for drug addiction, rehab Birmingham catches all eyes
as it offers addicts treatment facilities at the treatment centers or at their own home on the basis of
their suitability ...
Tags: rehab Birmingham, drug abuse treatment centers Bristol
Effective Drug Treatment Is Necessary
By: Joey Young | - Diverting the Interests of Teenagers
There are actually suggested programs by the drug addiction rehab that has been created to divert
the interest of the teenagers. This is somewhat a financial challenge in budgeting for the vocational
courses. This is targeted at making the teenagers become more constructive individuals instead of
becoming a drug abuser. This is known as an educational based model wherein the young ones are
highly encouraged to cope on day-to-day obstacles and pr ...
Tags: drug addiction rehab in Connecticut, drug abuse rehab in Connecticut, Connecticut drug
addiction rehab, Connecticut drug addiction rehab center, drug abus
Different Reasons For A Celebrity's Drug Abuse
By: Kitz Lerqo | - A few celebs or famous performers would often develop a drug addiction in the
course of their career. The reason behind their addiction is to handle the stress and the hassle they
are going through every day. Hassle from the press and paparazzi, stress from their careers and
stress from managing their regular lifestyle with their celeb reputation. Many celebrities start off by
taking prescription medications to enable them to loosen up or go to sleep from a busy day. The only
real downside from ...
Tags: drug treatment centers in Hollywood, drug rehabilitation programs in Hollywood, drug
treatment programs in Hollywood, drug treatment in Hollywood, drug tr
A Pain Reliever Is A Prescription Drug That Has To Be Used Wisely
By: Thomson Faithstar | - Lortab is a painkiller medication on a narcotic basis, used for moderate to
severe pain relief. It consists mainly of Hydrocodone and acetaminophen. The first of the two works
on the brain, causing it to release hormones that lessen pain, while the second amplifies this effect.
It is best used as a PRN, but also as a general pain reliever.. It is strongly advised that users do not
increase the suggested dosage, nor take the medication more often, because this may lead to
habitual lo ...
Tags: Hydrocodone, addiction, lortab, drug, acetaminophen
Drug Abuse: Right From Treatment To Obsession
By: Daisy Rey | - Significant amounts of data about Prescription Drug Addiction has been compiled
over time. Most of the available information regarding prescription drug addiction suggests that
rates of drug addiction and abuse are rising continuously across the world, particularly among the
urban population who have instant access to modern ambien addiction treatment.
Prescribed drugs are lawfully developed for medicinal purpose in the treatment of a lots of illnesses
and diseases. Supply of these ...
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nbspaddicted to ambien, ambien abuse, ambien, ambien addictions, am
Immediate Therapeutic Aid Required For Some Critical Drug Abuse Signs
By: Roy Basett | - The utilization of prohibited drugs by young people today is now the world's
scourge. Drug predicament is pretty mind boggling and nations around the globe are strongly fisted
in the fight to eliminate the availability and demand of prohibited drugs. However, to completely
resolve the issue of drug use is not a simple job to do as there are still other substances aside from
the illegal drugs that young people are abusively consuming.
Persons in their teenage years are commonly the o ...
Tags: drug abuse signs, signs of substance abuse, substance abuse signs, warning signs of drug
abuse, signs of drug abuse
Overcome Drug Abuse Permanently With Proper Drug Intervention
By: Teodora Atanasoff | - If you find someone affected by buprenorphine abuse, then you can
recommend him to go for buprenorphine treatment. This medicine has been released under the Drug
Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) for the treatment of opiate dependency. Its formula contains a
combination of buprenorphine and naloxone. The first is a semi-synthetic substance, which is used to
deal with opiate abuse in higher doses whereas the latter is a medication used to encounter the
effects from the overdose of opiate.
B ...
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drug abuse counseling, buprenorphine use, abuse of buprenorphine, bu
Prescription Drugs
By: Jennifer Poteat | - A lot of data about Drug Abuse has been accumulated over the years. All of the
available information about prescription drug abuse suggests that rates of drug abuse and addiction
are increasing steadily throughout the world, especially among the urban population who have
immediate access to decent health care.
Prescription drugs are legally created for medicinal use in the treatment of a number of ailments
and diseases.Distribution of these substances is controlled, and one can onl ...
Tags: Prescription Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug, Prescription Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription
Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Addictions, Drug Addiction
Visit To Your Nearest Drug And Alcohol Treatment Center If You Are Addicted To Alcohol And Drugs
By: back2basicssoberliving | - Consumption of drugs and alcohol is now reaching alarming
proportions in the United States of America. Last year more than 20,000 people died from the
overdose of drugs as per the reports of U.S. Food and Drugs Administration. Alcohol and drug
addiction is a major health problem and is an emotional burden on the families of those addicted to
drugs and alcohol.
Addiction to alcohol means excessive alcohol usage that includes underage drinking and binge
drinking (drinking 5 or more d ...
Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, drug and alcohol rehab
The Intentions Of A Drug Rehab Center
By: howardmarvinedward | - There are fortunately, and unfortunately, not to many people out there
who have first hand experience with visiting a drug rehab center, and so many times they have a
skewed picture of what actually goes on inside one.
The people running the Hollywood studios these days love to go on unaccounted for the way in
which they depict drug use. It is in much the same way that they never or rarely even try to depict a
drug rehab center.
Sure, there are exceptions in a lot of fi ...
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Benefits Of A Drug Rehab Center
By: alicetanston | - The drug addict as well as the family are negatively impacted by addiction. A
drug rehab center is very useful when it comes to helping the addict break the addiction. Those
closest to the addict are part of the program since these people tend to enable the addict with the
addiction.
Medial assistance is available at a drug rehab facility, which helps with the detoxification process by
making it more comfortable. The withdrawals can be dangerous with many drugs when they are
stoppe ...
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Foreign And Domestic Drug Policies
By: Laszeros Chandlerson | - History offers us a myriad of lessons on drugs and addiction, yet most
countries drug policies have nothing to do with these precedents. Most people today believe drug
abuse, addiction, and related crimes to be purely modern issues. The fact of the matter is that
societies and governments have been dealing with drug-related issues for thousands of years and
failing miserably. Using and abusing various substances is simply part of the human condition.
Roughly two hundred ye ...
Tags: foreign drug control, foreign drug policy, international drug laws, international drug policies
Understanding Addiction To Drugs
By: DavidBSmith. | - Nowadays, we are familiar with the extremely addictive characteristics of
methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, and on top, alcohol and cigarettes. We have learned
that in addition to substance abuse, some activities, for example gambling and sex, can develop into
addictions for a few individuals who find these activities are starting to rule their lives. The problem
with addictions to illicit drugs however, is a combination of the stigma attached, and the very serious
and often
immed ...
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
Psychology Of Addiction
By: DavidBSmith. | - Addiction is an age old phenomenon that has existed and has been persisting
since centuries, the only difference being in its acknowledgement. People have and always will be
physically and psychologically dependant on some external stimulant to provide them gratification,
enjoyment and satisfaction, but when the person's dependency on a certain activity or a substance
becomes gratuitously obsessive then it becomes an addiction. The contentment or the happiness
originally associated with that sti ...
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
Heroin Addiction - Save Your Life From Addiction In Our Private Thai Rehab Center
By: A. Morrow | - Heroin addiction is a personal struggle that many describe as the biggest monster
they ever have had to deal with. Heroin is like most drugs in that it starts off just being something
that the user does from time to time. They start off by just doing it in private or the company of
peers and don't realizing that they are about to change their life for the worse. Once a Heroin
addiction has taken hold there are very harsh consequences to the body and mind. Heroin is an
opiate drug that first rear ...
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug, Heroin,
heroin addicts, heroin addiction
Heroin Addiction
By: DavidBSmith. | - Heroin addiction is not a habit that can be picked up overnight; it is actually a
habit that is formed by previous dependencies. Addictions begin with early usage of other drugs
such as marijuana, alcohol and other recreational substances. Abusers normally begin to try harsher
drugs when they are attempting to self-medicate emotional pain or ward off withdrawal pains. Whats
sad about this is that once this habit is formed the user begins to believe that they cannot escape
using the drug.
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
Can You Or Someone You Love Become A Drug Statistic
By: Dianne Cohen | - When you take the time to look over recent drug overdose statistics, all one can
say is that the data is startling. The United States National Center for Health Statistics reports that
deaths that may involve drug overdoses accounted for over 31,000 deaths within the United States
in 2006 alone. Up to 5,000 of these deaths may have been intentional. The bigger percentage
accounting for more women than men. It is a truly staggering statistic to consider. But, that is not
the only thing that is st ...
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Addiction To Drugs
By: DavidBSmith. | - Nowadays, we are familiar with the extremely addictive character of
methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, and on top of alcohol and cigarettes. We have learned
that additionally to substance abuse, some activities, for example gambling and sex; can turn out to
be addictions for a few individuals ruling their lives.
Drug addictions are rather widespread in today's culture. Some studies have uncovered that over
20% of the US population fights with several forms of drug addiction a ...
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
Addiction To Prescription Medications
By: DavidBSmith. | - Individuals addicted to legally prescribed drugs often display several signs.
Symptoms for prescription drug addiction are very widespread, which can be found in the majority
of abusers, for instance bodily reliance on the drug and an heightened tolerance for the drug.
Treatment can commence just the once the indications are recognized and the abuser understand
that he/she has a problem of addiction. Leaving a prescription drug addiction can be a difficult and
trying task, but it is considerably ...
Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
How To Protect Teens From Drug Abuse
By: Kurt Ross | - Drug abuse has become one of the leading problems in today's teens. This growing
problem is present, even in Colorado. In fact, according to statistics, approximately 46,000 Colorado
teens have used an illicit drug within the last month. Drug abuse in teens can lead to many other
problems that can extend well beyond adolescence. Studies show that teens that engage in drug
usage are more likely to commit crimes, engage in casual sex, and commit suicide. They are at a
high risk for vehicular accid ...
Tags: drug abuse, drug testing, drug usage, protect teens, abusing dru
Painkiller Addiction - How To Avoid Drug Overdose From Prescription Painkillers - Nurse's Tips
By: Helen Hecker | - One of the most worrisome things about taking painkillers is the fact that you
may overdose on OxyContin, Vicodin or other narcotic painkillers and become one of the statistics,
not to mention the fact that you may end up with a painkiller addiction. Latest statistics are telling
us that drug abuse or prescription-drug abuse deaths are surpassing deaths from automobiles. You
don't want to become one of them or have permanent health problems because you overdosed and
then survived with lifetime ...
Tags: painkiller addiction, pain killer, addiction, painkiller, narcotic, oxycontin, drug overdose,
vicodin
Depth Information On Drug Rehab Programs
By: Mr. Jerry Goldfarb | - Drug addiction and drug abuse habitual use of any chemical substance to
change states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Psychological reliance
is the subjective feeling that the user needs the drug to uphold a feeling of well-being; physical
dependence is characterized by tolerance and withdrawal symptoms when the user is sober.
Definitions of addiction are subjective and infused with the moral principles of the society or culture,
the stimulant caffein ...
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Drug Dependency And Rehab Treatment
By: David B Smith | - For drug addicts with serious dependence problems, cure commonly begins by
organising for what is known as de-toxification in a resident rehabilitation facility. Withdrawal
symptoms can be grave and it is best left to such facilities that have understanding in handling them.
Such services are generally established as rehab hospitals.
In the days gone by, rehabilitation clinics were part of hospitals providing little in the form of
comfort or moral sustenance for the patient. The c ...
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Some Facts About Drug Addiction
By: David B Smith | - Drug dependency is a disease of the body, mind and spirit that is complex and
frightening. For those coping with drug compulsion either as an addict or with some precious one, it
can be very daunting and terrifying.
Whatever the substance be - marijuana, nicotine, alcohol or stronger substances like heroin and
cocaine, the substance takes hold of the addict's psyche making it impossible for him to live without
the substance. The craving is uncontainable and the addict becomes enti ...
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Drug Addiction - The Symptoms
By: David B Smith | - Other behavioral patterns usually try to mask indicators of over reliance on
illicit drugs. Addiction to illicit substances commences when the person can't help wanting to use
the drug without considering the physical or emotional consequences. There are nonetheless some
obvious indicators to look for if you want to find out if you or some one you love has an dependence
problem.
The sign on top of the list will be the inability to say no to the drug. Those dependent on drugs canno
...
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Drug Addiction Rehab
By: David B Smith | - Some years ago, therapy for drug addiction consisted of impersonal and
exacting programs that handled only the addiction. Now, many unique types of programs are
available that consider not only the physical aspects of the addiction, but also the spiritual aspects of
the addiction. It is now acknowledged that drug addiction is more than just the physical hunger.
There is a psychological feature of the sickness that takes charge of the mind and prevents the drug
abuser from seeking treatment and t ...
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Addiction To Drugs And Intervention Programs
By: David B Smith | - Intervention is a process of bringing together a collection of people who have
been influenced by the actions of the drug dependent, in a unbiased setting. This amalgamation is
then urged to address the dependent to notify him as to how each person in the group has been
affected. This with a bit of luck enables the drug user to face up to the fact that he has got a problem
and to seek help.
Considerable groundwork needs to be made before the tangible mediation takes place, as it i ...
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Dependency To Prescription Medications
By: David B Smith | - Addiction to medically prescribed medication has assumed widespread
proportions in the USA. People obtain prescriptions for medicines to handle some kind of discomfort
and get so used to taking them that before they know what is happening they become utterly reliant
on them even when there is no pain or discomfort.
To enable a patient to come out of the effects of a enervating disease or disaster, a physician will
prescribe some drugs to make him feel better. Since it has been pre ...
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Effects Of Drug Addiction
By: David B Smith | - Drug addiction is not something that just affects the individual person who is
shooting up. It has consequences beyond what one can visualize. It affects the families of the drug
abuser, his employer, schools, friendships and societies in general. It also has a direct bearing on the
health of the immediate family of the addict.
The effects of drugs encompass a wide spectrum of experiences from the original high to the lows of
when the influence of the drug starts to wear out. For ...
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Why Do Some People Take Drugs?
By: David B Smith | - Why do people elect to use artificial stimulants when they're so bad for you?
The reasons of drug addiction are as varied as the number of drugs that are available for use. There
is no one cause for drug addiction just like there is no consistent profile of a drug user.
People who have a history of drug use or misuse in their families are certainly at higher risk for drug
addiction problems. It has been proven over and over again that the kids of alcohol addicted persons
and drug ...
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, social;issue,
Symptoms Of Drug Depenency And Abuse
By: David B Smith | - Drug abuse becomes a dependency when a person has a compulsive need to
use drugs without care or respect for the consequences that might occur either bodily or
emotionally.
Even though the symptoms of drug addiction can be camouflaged by other difficulties in a user's life,
there are a load of tell-tale signs and symptoms to look for to tell if you or someone you love has a
drug dependence. The most obvious sign naturally is your precious-one's inability to stop taking the
drug. ...
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social;issue,
Overcoming Vicodin Addiction Problems
By: David B Smith | - Many people have found themselves struggling with problems of addiction to
the prescription drug Vicodin.
Prescribed as a pain reliever, Vicodin is one of the most commonly misused prescription drugs
because people do not take it correctly as the GP recommends it to be taken. When used according
to directions, it can be a very successful agent to help relieve pain, but prolonged use of Vicodin can
lead to dependence because the body builds up a tolerance to the drug, needing more ...
Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , health,
Heroin Addiction - Know The Enemy
By: David B Smith | - Heroin is an addictive drug that is processed from morphine and typically
appears as a pale or brown powder. Its illegally obtained names include smack, H, ska, junk, and
many others.
Heroin use is still on the rise and it has become a serious difficulty in America and throughout the
Western world. Heroin use is associated with serious health concerns, including lethal overdose,
spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and, particularly in users who inject the drug,
communicablee d ...
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Depression,
Drug Abuse And Teenage Children
By: David B Smith | - It is no secret that drug abuse is a horrible scourge in our community, and the
mounting numbers of addicted teens is surely the most depressing feature of it.
Drugs affect a teen's body in unique ways. Plus when people are becoming addicted as teenagers,
it's going to be much more difficult to maintain a clean and sober life as they become adults.
Young folks in our community are being aquainted with drugs at an increasingly young age. Studies
show that by the tim ...
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, family,
Overcoming Addiction To Nicotine
By: David B Smith | - Unlike most drugs, the undesirable health effects of nicotine are only long-
term. Even so, the overall cost of nicotine addiction to smokers and to the community is huge!
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that tobacco use remains the
foremost preventable cause of premature death in the United States, causing approximately 440,000
premature fatalities each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $75 billion in direct
medical costs as ...
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family,
Prescription Drug Dependency - Don't Let It Destroy You!
By: David B Smith | - The misuse and abuse of prescription drugs is proliferating in our community,
most commonly amongst youthful people who have little idea of what they are consuming! They use
'uppers' to pick themslves up, and 'downers' to settle themselves back down, regularly with startling,
and on occasion lethal, results.
Most folks who take prescription medications use them responsibly. However, the inappropriate or
non-medical use of prescription drugs is a serious public health issue. Non-m ...
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Depression,
Helping Your Child With A Drug Addiction...
By: Shelley Marie | - With the pressures of society today trickling down to include our teenagers,
drug addiction is the most alarming statistic of them all. With drug addiction so common amongst
troubled teens the availability of drug treatment and rehab sometimes becomes the measure of last
resort.
Pressure on parents to deal with their troubled teen's drug addiction is sometimes to overwhelming
for the family to deal with even though they never stop trying to provide the love and care they
believe i ...
Tags: drug addiction, rehab, drug treatment
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  • 1. drug overdose Articles - Page 1 Overdose Awareness Day Looks To Make A Difference In Addiction Stigma By: Alberto Stellpflug | - 1888PressRelease - Tri State Treatment Connections hopes that International Overdose Awareness Day will change people's perception on addiction and encourage more people to seek help. Philadelphia, PA-NJ - "International Overdose Awareness Day is held on August 31st each year, as a way to commemorate those who have died as a result of a drug overdose, acknowledges the grief felt by their loved ones, and combat the stigma surrounding the disease of addiction. "Internati ... Tags: addiction, overdose, treatment, drugs, awareness, heroin Tech Savvy Generations Buying Drugs Online By: Drug Testing Australia | - When Daniel Skelly was found dead in his home November 2013 from a drug overdose, it was a complete shock to everyone who knew him. The death was sudden, which was a shock in itself since he was only 21 years old. The shock was doubled when it was confirmed the death was due to a cocaine overdose. As his mother explained, I had never seen him drunk, I never saw a single sign that he might be taking drugs.1 His parents had no idea he was using drugs or where he was getting them. So his moth ... Tags: drug testing experts, mobile AOD screening, drug testing Aus Drug Rehab Centers: Your Journey To Recovery By: Nicholas Grimaldi | - Intake of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana can lead to a number of problems in people finally resulting in loss of life. People start taking these drugs for a number of reasons. In most cases it is the friends group who insists a peer to start taking doses of marijuana or cocaine. Other reasons might be stress and frustration towards life, just for enjoyment purpose, and so on. A person addicted to a drug find it very hard to come out of the problem. A number of Drug Rehab centers ... Tags: Drug Rehab, Amity Connect What You"??ll Get Out Of Joining Drug Rehab Center New Jersey By: treatmentcenterfinder | - The most difficult thing about life, is living. Living on drugs must be torture. So why not join Drug Rehab New Jersey and make it easier on yourself. Itll be the first time
  • 2. you feel in control. The world will be your oyster again. Instead of sitting in a nest of issues to do with drugs and abuse, you could get the attention you need. Find it at a Drug Rehab in New Jersey. What Youll Get Out Of Joining Drug Rehab Center New Jersey You wont die young, for one. ... Tags: drug rehab in nj, drug rehab, drug rehabs, drug rehab center, rehab center, new jersey Treatment Needs Of Combined Alcohol And Drug Addiction By: back2basicssoberliving | - Drugs along with alcohol addiction is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States with the data emerging from National Institutes of Health stating that hospitalization for combined alcohol and drug overdoses has increased by 76% for people between the ages of 18 and 24 between the years of 1999 and 2008. The mixing of drugs along with alcohol often occurs due to the fact that majority of people do not consider alcohol to be dangerous and therefore consume alcohol without considering its ... Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, drug and alcohol rehab centers Helping A Drug Addict By: Solution to Addiction | - When someone you love is addicted to drugs or alcohol, getting them help is foremost in your mind. You see them destroying their life, losing everything they have worked for. Their health may be failing, yet they hardly notice it. In fact, they seem to negate recognizing anything negative in their life. They only focus on finding that next fix or drink. Helping an addict is not easy, but it can be done. Drugs make a person blind to what is going on around them. You will find that an ... Tags: drug rehab, rehab centers, intervention, addiction, alcohol Latest Trends In Alcohol And Drug Abuse By: back2basicssoberliving | - Alcohol and drug abuse has expanded its tentacles in the United States with nearly 4.6 million drug related Emergency Department (ED) visits nationwide in 2009. These are national estimates on drug related visits to hospital emergency departments (ED) as obtained from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) a public health surveillance system managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Substance Administration (SAMHSA) and U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Approx ... Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, drug and alcohol rehab centers, drug and alcohol rehab services Drug Safety Training And Its Benefits
  • 3. By: Carmelo Shepard | - There are different laws and techniques surrounding drug safety. But there have been circumstances where these techniques and laws fail. The training for drug safety can be properly controlled by medical professionals in cases especially related to pain killers. Pain killers are considered to be dangerous as they form dependency and have purely recreational allure. This also depends on the assessments that are made by doctors. Doctors prescribe important medicines and at the same time the pharma ... Tags: training for drug safety, drug safety You Could Be Liable For Your Friend's Drug Related Death By: James F. Davis | - Overdose deaths and drug-related suicides are all too common in the US, and prosecutors have often sought to make others pay the price if they are involved in a situation that ends with an overdose death. Even if you didn't directly contribute to the death, involvement in any way can merit a criminal charge that could come with a severe prison sentence - even if the person ultimately survives the overdose. And considering that some areas of the country have a higher incidence of overdose death ... Tags: overdose death, overdose liability, drug overdose, overdose dea Review On Alcohol And Drug Rehab Treatment Centers By: back2basicssoberliving | - Alcohol and drug abuse is quite rampant in United States with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC officially labeling prescription drug abuse a national epidemic for the year-2011-12. Drug overdose has raised five fold over the last decade and an overdose from prescription drugs now exceed those from cocaine and heroin combined. There are also startling statistics revealed by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its report that was released in 2010. T ... Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, drug and alcohol rehab, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, drug and alcohol rehab centers Opioid Replacement Therapy During Drug Detox By: James F. Davis | - Opioid Replacement Therapy is a powerful tool to help people who are addicted to opiate-based drugs like heroin, morphine or Oxycontin detox safely. While the ultimate goal of opioid replacement therapy is an eventual complete abstinence from all opioid drugs, it has a number of other features that benefit drug addicts and the communities where they live. This includes fewer instances of disease transmission, a reduction in crime related to drug-seeking behavior and fewer overdose deaths and s ... Tags: drug detox, safe drug detox, alcohol detox, detox for meth Drug Tolerance: The 7 Clinical Types By: James F. Davis | - There are 7 types of tolerance to chemical substances, all of which have at least some impact on the processes of drug abuse and addiction. Tolerance invariably leads many addiction-prone people to use more and more of a substance in order to achieve the same results, but there's more to it than this alone. In fact, most people are unaware that there is more than one type of tolerance. The following are the 7 types and their descriptions.
  • 4. Acute Acute tolerance refers ... Tags: drug tolerance, tolerance to drugs, inverse tolerance, reverse Rehab Birmingham: Curing Drug Abuse Differently By: Mc Hugh | - Drug rehabilitation is a course of action that is taken for the psychotherapeutic treatment of drug addicts for their incessant and continual dependency on psychoactive substances. An addict is sent to a rehab center when he/she stops the continuance of the consumption of drugs suddenly. When it comes to getting treatment for drug addiction, rehab Birmingham catches all eyes as it offers addicts treatment facilities at the treatment centers or at their own home on the basis of their suitability ... Tags: rehab Birmingham, drug abuse treatment centers Bristol Effective Drug Treatment Is Necessary By: Joey Young | - Diverting the Interests of Teenagers There are actually suggested programs by the drug addiction rehab that has been created to divert the interest of the teenagers. This is somewhat a financial challenge in budgeting for the vocational courses. This is targeted at making the teenagers become more constructive individuals instead of becoming a drug abuser. This is known as an educational based model wherein the young ones are highly encouraged to cope on day-to-day obstacles and pr ... Tags: drug addiction rehab in Connecticut, drug abuse rehab in Connecticut, Connecticut drug addiction rehab, Connecticut drug addiction rehab center, drug abus Different Reasons For A Celebrity's Drug Abuse By: Kitz Lerqo | - A few celebs or famous performers would often develop a drug addiction in the course of their career. The reason behind their addiction is to handle the stress and the hassle they are going through every day. Hassle from the press and paparazzi, stress from their careers and stress from managing their regular lifestyle with their celeb reputation. Many celebrities start off by taking prescription medications to enable them to loosen up or go to sleep from a busy day. The only real downside from ... Tags: drug treatment centers in Hollywood, drug rehabilitation programs in Hollywood, drug treatment programs in Hollywood, drug treatment in Hollywood, drug tr A Pain Reliever Is A Prescription Drug That Has To Be Used Wisely By: Thomson Faithstar | - Lortab is a painkiller medication on a narcotic basis, used for moderate to severe pain relief. It consists mainly of Hydrocodone and acetaminophen. The first of the two works on the brain, causing it to release hormones that lessen pain, while the second amplifies this effect. It is best used as a PRN, but also as a general pain reliever.. It is strongly advised that users do not increase the suggested dosage, nor take the medication more often, because this may lead to habitual lo ...
  • 5. Tags: Hydrocodone, addiction, lortab, drug, acetaminophen Drug Abuse: Right From Treatment To Obsession By: Daisy Rey | - Significant amounts of data about Prescription Drug Addiction has been compiled over time. Most of the available information regarding prescription drug addiction suggests that rates of drug addiction and abuse are rising continuously across the world, particularly among the urban population who have instant access to modern ambien addiction treatment. Prescribed drugs are lawfully developed for medicinal purpose in the treatment of a lots of illnesses and diseases. Supply of these ... Tags: drug treatment, best drug treatments, best treatment, best treatments, best drug treatment, nbspaddicted to ambien, ambien abuse, ambien, ambien addictions, am Immediate Therapeutic Aid Required For Some Critical Drug Abuse Signs By: Roy Basett | - The utilization of prohibited drugs by young people today is now the world's scourge. Drug predicament is pretty mind boggling and nations around the globe are strongly fisted in the fight to eliminate the availability and demand of prohibited drugs. However, to completely resolve the issue of drug use is not a simple job to do as there are still other substances aside from the illegal drugs that young people are abusively consuming. Persons in their teenage years are commonly the o ... Tags: drug abuse signs, signs of substance abuse, substance abuse signs, warning signs of drug abuse, signs of drug abuse Overcome Drug Abuse Permanently With Proper Drug Intervention By: Teodora Atanasoff | - If you find someone affected by buprenorphine abuse, then you can recommend him to go for buprenorphine treatment. This medicine has been released under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) for the treatment of opiate dependency. Its formula contains a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone. The first is a semi-synthetic substance, which is used to deal with opiate abuse in higher doses whereas the latter is a medication used to encounter the effects from the overdose of opiate. B ... Tags: substance abuse counseling, drug abuse counselor, drug abuse counselors, drug counselor, drug abuse counseling, buprenorphine use, abuse of buprenorphine, bu Prescription Drugs By: Jennifer Poteat | - A lot of data about Drug Abuse has been accumulated over the years. All of the available information about prescription drug abuse suggests that rates of drug abuse and addiction are increasing steadily throughout the world, especially among the urban population who have immediate access to decent health care. Prescription drugs are legally created for medicinal use in the treatment of a number of ailments and diseases.Distribution of these substances is controlled, and one can onl ...
  • 6. Tags: Prescription Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug, Prescription Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Addictions, Drug Addiction Visit To Your Nearest Drug And Alcohol Treatment Center If You Are Addicted To Alcohol And Drugs By: back2basicssoberliving | - Consumption of drugs and alcohol is now reaching alarming proportions in the United States of America. Last year more than 20,000 people died from the overdose of drugs as per the reports of U.S. Food and Drugs Administration. Alcohol and drug addiction is a major health problem and is an emotional burden on the families of those addicted to drugs and alcohol. Addiction to alcohol means excessive alcohol usage that includes underage drinking and binge drinking (drinking 5 or more d ... Tags: drug and alcohol treatment centers, drug and alcohol rehab The Intentions Of A Drug Rehab Center By: howardmarvinedward | - There are fortunately, and unfortunately, not to many people out there who have first hand experience with visiting a drug rehab center, and so many times they have a skewed picture of what actually goes on inside one. The people running the Hollywood studios these days love to go on unaccounted for the way in which they depict drug use. It is in much the same way that they never or rarely even try to depict a drug rehab center. Sure, there are exceptions in a lot of fi ... Tags: drugs, drug rehab, drug rehabilitation Benefits Of A Drug Rehab Center By: alicetanston | - The drug addict as well as the family are negatively impacted by addiction. A drug rehab center is very useful when it comes to helping the addict break the addiction. Those closest to the addict are part of the program since these people tend to enable the addict with the addiction. Medial assistance is available at a drug rehab facility, which helps with the detoxification process by making it more comfortable. The withdrawals can be dangerous with many drugs when they are stoppe ... Tags: drug rehab, alcohol treatment, health Foreign And Domestic Drug Policies By: Laszeros Chandlerson | - History offers us a myriad of lessons on drugs and addiction, yet most countries drug policies have nothing to do with these precedents. Most people today believe drug abuse, addiction, and related crimes to be purely modern issues. The fact of the matter is that societies and governments have been dealing with drug-related issues for thousands of years and failing miserably. Using and abusing various substances is simply part of the human condition.
  • 7. Roughly two hundred ye ... Tags: foreign drug control, foreign drug policy, international drug laws, international drug policies Understanding Addiction To Drugs By: DavidBSmith. | - Nowadays, we are familiar with the extremely addictive characteristics of methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, and on top, alcohol and cigarettes. We have learned that in addition to substance abuse, some activities, for example gambling and sex, can develop into addictions for a few individuals who find these activities are starting to rule their lives. The problem with addictions to illicit drugs however, is a combination of the stigma attached, and the very serious and often immed ... Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug Psychology Of Addiction By: DavidBSmith. | - Addiction is an age old phenomenon that has existed and has been persisting since centuries, the only difference being in its acknowledgement. People have and always will be physically and psychologically dependant on some external stimulant to provide them gratification, enjoyment and satisfaction, but when the person's dependency on a certain activity or a substance becomes gratuitously obsessive then it becomes an addiction. The contentment or the happiness originally associated with that sti ... Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug Heroin Addiction - Save Your Life From Addiction In Our Private Thai Rehab Center By: A. Morrow | - Heroin addiction is a personal struggle that many describe as the biggest monster they ever have had to deal with. Heroin is like most drugs in that it starts off just being something that the user does from time to time. They start off by just doing it in private or the company of peers and don't realizing that they are about to change their life for the worse. Once a Heroin addiction has taken hold there are very harsh consequences to the body and mind. Heroin is an opiate drug that first rear ... Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug, Heroin, heroin addicts, heroin addiction Heroin Addiction By: DavidBSmith. | - Heroin addiction is not a habit that can be picked up overnight; it is actually a habit that is formed by previous dependencies. Addictions begin with early usage of other drugs such as marijuana, alcohol and other recreational substances. Abusers normally begin to try harsher drugs when they are attempting to self-medicate emotional pain or ward off withdrawal pains. Whats sad about this is that once this habit is formed the user begins to believe that they cannot escape using the drug. Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug
  • 8. Can You Or Someone You Love Become A Drug Statistic By: Dianne Cohen | - When you take the time to look over recent drug overdose statistics, all one can say is that the data is startling. The United States National Center for Health Statistics reports that deaths that may involve drug overdoses accounted for over 31,000 deaths within the United States in 2006 alone. Up to 5,000 of these deaths may have been intentional. The bigger percentage accounting for more women than men. It is a truly staggering statistic to consider. But, that is not the only thing that is st ... Tags: Drugs, Drug Statistic Addiction To Drugs By: DavidBSmith. | - Nowadays, we are familiar with the extremely addictive character of methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, and on top of alcohol and cigarettes. We have learned that additionally to substance abuse, some activities, for example gambling and sex; can turn out to be addictions for a few individuals ruling their lives. Drug addictions are rather widespread in today's culture. Some studies have uncovered that over 20% of the US population fights with several forms of drug addiction a ... Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug Addiction To Prescription Medications By: DavidBSmith. | - Individuals addicted to legally prescribed drugs often display several signs. Symptoms for prescription drug addiction are very widespread, which can be found in the majority of abusers, for instance bodily reliance on the drug and an heightened tolerance for the drug. Treatment can commence just the once the indications are recognized and the abuser understand that he/she has a problem of addiction. Leaving a prescription drug addiction can be a difficult and trying task, but it is considerably ... Tags: drug detox, drug rehab, drug abuse treatment, drug rehab, drug overdose, ice drug How To Protect Teens From Drug Abuse By: Kurt Ross | - Drug abuse has become one of the leading problems in today's teens. This growing problem is present, even in Colorado. In fact, according to statistics, approximately 46,000 Colorado teens have used an illicit drug within the last month. Drug abuse in teens can lead to many other problems that can extend well beyond adolescence. Studies show that teens that engage in drug usage are more likely to commit crimes, engage in casual sex, and commit suicide. They are at a high risk for vehicular accid ... Tags: drug abuse, drug testing, drug usage, protect teens, abusing dru Painkiller Addiction - How To Avoid Drug Overdose From Prescription Painkillers - Nurse's Tips By: Helen Hecker | - One of the most worrisome things about taking painkillers is the fact that you may overdose on OxyContin, Vicodin or other narcotic painkillers and become one of the statistics, not to mention the fact that you may end up with a painkiller addiction. Latest statistics are telling us that drug abuse or prescription-drug abuse deaths are surpassing deaths from automobiles. You
  • 9. don't want to become one of them or have permanent health problems because you overdosed and then survived with lifetime ... Tags: painkiller addiction, pain killer, addiction, painkiller, narcotic, oxycontin, drug overdose, vicodin Depth Information On Drug Rehab Programs By: Mr. Jerry Goldfarb | - Drug addiction and drug abuse habitual use of any chemical substance to change states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Psychological reliance is the subjective feeling that the user needs the drug to uphold a feeling of well-being; physical dependence is characterized by tolerance and withdrawal symptoms when the user is sober. Definitions of addiction are subjective and infused with the moral principles of the society or culture, the stimulant caffein ... Tags: Drug Treatment, Drug Rehab, Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Addict Drug Dependency And Rehab Treatment By: David B Smith | - For drug addicts with serious dependence problems, cure commonly begins by organising for what is known as de-toxification in a resident rehabilitation facility. Withdrawal symptoms can be grave and it is best left to such facilities that have understanding in handling them. Such services are generally established as rehab hospitals. In the days gone by, rehabilitation clinics were part of hospitals providing little in the form of comfort or moral sustenance for the patient. The c ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Depression, Some Facts About Drug Addiction By: David B Smith | - Drug dependency is a disease of the body, mind and spirit that is complex and frightening. For those coping with drug compulsion either as an addict or with some precious one, it can be very daunting and terrifying. Whatever the substance be - marijuana, nicotine, alcohol or stronger substances like heroin and cocaine, the substance takes hold of the addict's psyche making it impossible for him to live without the substance. The craving is uncontainable and the addict becomes enti ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , health, Drug Addiction - The Symptoms By: David B Smith | - Other behavioral patterns usually try to mask indicators of over reliance on illicit drugs. Addiction to illicit substances commences when the person can't help wanting to use the drug without considering the physical or emotional consequences. There are nonetheless some obvious indicators to look for if you want to find out if you or some one you love has an dependence problem. The sign on top of the list will be the inability to say no to the drug. Those dependent on drugs canno
  • 10. ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness, Drug Addiction Rehab By: David B Smith | - Some years ago, therapy for drug addiction consisted of impersonal and exacting programs that handled only the addiction. Now, many unique types of programs are available that consider not only the physical aspects of the addiction, but also the spiritual aspects of the addiction. It is now acknowledged that drug addiction is more than just the physical hunger. There is a psychological feature of the sickness that takes charge of the mind and prevents the drug abuser from seeking treatment and t ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness, Addiction To Drugs And Intervention Programs By: David B Smith | - Intervention is a process of bringing together a collection of people who have been influenced by the actions of the drug dependent, in a unbiased setting. This amalgamation is then urged to address the dependent to notify him as to how each person in the group has been affected. This with a bit of luck enables the drug user to face up to the fact that he has got a problem and to seek help. Considerable groundwork needs to be made before the tangible mediation takes place, as it i ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Depression, Dependency To Prescription Medications By: David B Smith | - Addiction to medically prescribed medication has assumed widespread proportions in the USA. People obtain prescriptions for medicines to handle some kind of discomfort and get so used to taking them that before they know what is happening they become utterly reliant on them even when there is no pain or discomfort. To enable a patient to come out of the effects of a enervating disease or disaster, a physician will prescribe some drugs to make him feel better. Since it has been pre ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness, Effects Of Drug Addiction By: David B Smith | - Drug addiction is not something that just affects the individual person who is shooting up. It has consequences beyond what one can visualize. It affects the families of the drug abuser, his employer, schools, friendships and societies in general. It also has a direct bearing on the health of the immediate family of the addict. The effects of drugs encompass a wide spectrum of experiences from the original high to the lows of when the influence of the drug starts to wear out. For ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness,
  • 11. Why Do Some People Take Drugs? By: David B Smith | - Why do people elect to use artificial stimulants when they're so bad for you? The reasons of drug addiction are as varied as the number of drugs that are available for use. There is no one cause for drug addiction just like there is no consistent profile of a drug user. People who have a history of drug use or misuse in their families are certainly at higher risk for drug addiction problems. It has been proven over and over again that the kids of alcohol addicted persons and drug ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness, , social;issue, Symptoms Of Drug Depenency And Abuse By: David B Smith | - Drug abuse becomes a dependency when a person has a compulsive need to use drugs without care or respect for the consequences that might occur either bodily or emotionally. Even though the symptoms of drug addiction can be camouflaged by other difficulties in a user's life, there are a load of tell-tale signs and symptoms to look for to tell if you or someone you love has a drug dependence. The most obvious sign naturally is your precious-one's inability to stop taking the drug. ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , family, , social;issue, Overcoming Vicodin Addiction Problems By: David B Smith | - Many people have found themselves struggling with problems of addiction to the prescription drug Vicodin. Prescribed as a pain reliever, Vicodin is one of the most commonly misused prescription drugs because people do not take it correctly as the GP recommends it to be taken. When used according to directions, it can be a very successful agent to help relieve pain, but prolonged use of Vicodin can lead to dependence because the body builds up a tolerance to the drug, needing more ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , health, Heroin Addiction - Know The Enemy By: David B Smith | - Heroin is an addictive drug that is processed from morphine and typically appears as a pale or brown powder. Its illegally obtained names include smack, H, ska, junk, and many others. Heroin use is still on the rise and it has become a serious difficulty in America and throughout the Western world. Heroin use is associated with serious health concerns, including lethal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and, particularly in users who inject the drug, communicablee d ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , health, ,
  • 12. Depression, Drug Abuse And Teenage Children By: David B Smith | - It is no secret that drug abuse is a horrible scourge in our community, and the mounting numbers of addicted teens is surely the most depressing feature of it. Drugs affect a teen's body in unique ways. Plus when people are becoming addicted as teenagers, it's going to be much more difficult to maintain a clean and sober life as they become adults. Young folks in our community are being aquainted with drugs at an increasingly young age. Studies show that by the tim ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Health Fitness, , family, Overcoming Addiction To Nicotine By: David B Smith | - Unlike most drugs, the undesirable health effects of nicotine are only long- term. Even so, the overall cost of nicotine addiction to smokers and to the community is huge! Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that tobacco use remains the foremost preventable cause of premature death in the United States, causing approximately 440,000 premature fatalities each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $75 billion in direct medical costs as ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , Depression, , family, Prescription Drug Dependency - Don't Let It Destroy You! By: David B Smith | - The misuse and abuse of prescription drugs is proliferating in our community, most commonly amongst youthful people who have little idea of what they are consuming! They use 'uppers' to pick themslves up, and 'downers' to settle themselves back down, regularly with startling, and on occasion lethal, results. Most folks who take prescription medications use them responsibly. However, the inappropriate or non-medical use of prescription drugs is a serious public health issue. Non-m ... Tags: drug detox, , drug rehab, , drug abuse treatment, , drug overdose, , ice drug, , children, , Depression, Helping Your Child With A Drug Addiction... By: Shelley Marie | - With the pressures of society today trickling down to include our teenagers, drug addiction is the most alarming statistic of them all. With drug addiction so common amongst troubled teens the availability of drug treatment and rehab sometimes becomes the measure of last resort. Pressure on parents to deal with their troubled teen's drug addiction is sometimes to overwhelming for the family to deal with even though they never stop trying to provide the love and care they
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