Medical Centers Begin Training Programs for Specialists on Addictions
Medical Centers Begin Training Programs For Specialists On Addictions
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Despite the popular view of addiction treatment, shaped by such reality television shows as A&E's “Intervention,” which ends with an addict's stay in a distant and expensive inpatient facility, most treatment for drug and alcohol abuse takes place in …
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Report: Co-owner of drug–abuse treatment center faces drug charge
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Aside From Methadone, Are There Other Medications Used in Drug Treatment Programs in Belton, Texas?
Question by dayana v: Aside from methadone, are there other medications used in drug treatment programs in Belton, Texas?
My sister, who has been addicted to heroin, really has to get herself treated. I have read stuff about methadone being addictive too. I’m just worried that my sister might get addicted to this too. Are there any other available treatments that are less risky?
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Answer by anusha f
As far as I know, there are some drug treatment programs that use buprenorphine instead of methadone. This is considered as less addictive and is administered at less dosages than methadone. In finding drug rehabs, you can check out the links that I have provided below.
Drug-Alcohol Combo Is Dangerous
Drug-Alcohol Combo is Dangerous
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Substance abuse is risky no matter what. But, when combining drugs with alcohol, the risks for negative health outcomes increases considerably. A recent study found that 37 percent of admissions into rehab in 2009 were for drug and alcohol abuse.
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Does It Make More Sense to Put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED People in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?
Question by Bush is not conservative: Does it make more sense to put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED people in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?
Addiction is an illness. Narcotics abuse is an illness. Logically, the purchasing, possession and abuse of a drug by an addict is as much of a health concern as it is a legal one.
Narcotics abuse is undoubtedly a more emotionally complicated crime than other nonviolent offenses such as theft and vandalism, but early attempts to curb abuse lacked the necessary breadth to get addicts clean. Incarceration is not an effective method of freeing drug users from the substances on which they depend.
Help With Science Project? Increasing Trend of Alcohol, Drug and Smoking Abuse?
Question by Yuppy kid! =P Roxzzz….: Help with science project? increasing trend of alcohol, drug and smoking abuse?
I am supposed to complete this task by 25th June. I have done research on this.
Problem observed:
‘There is an increasing trend of smoking, drug abuse and alcohol abuse among young people in our society today,’
PTSD Improves When Substance Abuse Also Treated
PTSD Improves When Substance Abuse Also Treated
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(CNN) — Combining treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse resulted in improved PTSD symptoms without worsening symptoms of substance abuse, according to a study released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical …
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Study shows PTSD symptoms improve when substance abuse treatment added
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Combining treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse resulted in improved PTSD symptoms without worsening symptoms of substance abuse, according to a study released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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