Drug Abuse

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Causes of Drug Abuse: Mother Day plea – Drug Addiction and Child Development: The Consequences – Examiner
Drug addiction and child development are not terms that fit together positively. Drugs used by a mother during the prenatal period are extremely dangerous for a baby and can cause serious and long-term developmental delays. When a pregnant woman takes …
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Causes of Drug Abuse: Cocaine use can cause structural changes in the brain – Examiner
The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that cocaine is a powerfully addictive central nervous system stimulant which is snorted, injected, or smoked. Crack is cocaine hydrochloride powder which has been processed to form a rock crystal that is then …
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Causes of Drug Abuse: Rx Drug Abuse Leads in Accidental Deaths – WHIZ
The abuse of prescription drugs is becoming more and more common… Overdose drug deaths by prescription painkillers are now the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio. Muskingum Behavioral Health’s Steve Carrel said it’s becoming a lot …
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Drug Addiction: Prescription Drug Addiction is a Rising Problem – 1UP.COM
Opiates are productive in lowering pain and worry. When taken in excessive doses, they induce a state of extreme euphoria. Opiate abusers readily get addicted to the medication due to the reality that opium improves enjoyment and suppresses suffering.
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Drug Addiction: Group pays drug addicts to get sterilized or receive long-term birth control, sparks criticism – New York Daily News
A controversial nonprofit group is seeking out drug-addicted women and paying them cold hard cash to get sterilized. The group, Project Prevention, hangs stark ads in clinics and homeless shelters to reel in drug users. The posters feature hard …
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Drug Addiction: Coventry Cares reverses course, will continue paying for addiction drug – Lexington Herald-Leader
FRANKFORT — Medicaid provider Coventry Cares has reversed an earlier decision and will continue paying for a costly medication that helps drug addicts stop using opiates, a company spokesman said Monday. Matt Eyles, a spokesman for Coventry …
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Drug Addiction: Los Gatos doctor started drug-dealing operation, DA says – San Jose Mercury News
After 35 years in medicine, a Los Gatos doctor is facing serious criminal trouble for charging drug addicts $ 100 a bottle for prescription painkillers, which they resold and abused — including one “patient” who overdosed and died, prosecutors said Monday.
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Drug Addiction: Part 4: Changes could save drug addicts’ lives – msnbc.com
The very last lesson a drug addict learns is that addicts steal anything from everybody, even love — even life. At 12:49 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2010, Matt Koegel, a buddy of San Clemente resident Joey Kennedy, called 9-1-1 to report that his pal had …
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by Governor Beshear

Drug abuse has now become a worldwide epidemic that can affect people from all cultures and socioeconomic statuses. Frequently, those who abuse drugs began to dabble in them out of sheer curiosity while others started in order to socially “fit in.” But as they continued to use the drug or drugs of their choice, the occasional participation became a regular habit they could no longer control. When the drugs became habitual, their tolerance levels began to increasing, requiring them to consume more in order to maintain the level of “high” their bodies and minds were used to.

Those who abuse drugs will develop biological, emotional, and psychological addictions. When these people attempt to seek the appropriate help, their drug addiction has usually altered their entire state of being. And because of the various negative changes experienced by the body, drug abusers find it increasingly difficult to keep their drug urges under control and can no longer ignore them.    Read more...

by nzdrugfoundation

Drug addiction is a complicated disorder which may involve practically every aspect of an individual’s life in the family, at work, and amongst friends. It is actually a brain disease as the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and the functioning of the individual’s brain. Drug addiction costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year and is a major public health concern for all of us, as it is a chronic relapsing disorder, which means that it lasts a long time and individuals who are trying to quit are apt to start using drugs again.

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Drug abuse causes changes in the brain, which then leads to certain behaviour, like taking the drug compulsively, but drug addicts can learn to change their behaviour.    Read more...

by marsmet461

Treatment forums mainly report on substance abuse and addiction therapies, research, news, and events of interest to both healthcare professionals and patients. They operate with the aim of helping people addicted to alcohol and drugs curb their cravings. Self-help groups, support groups, individuals, and several other corporations are a part of this effort. These forums are formed to extend the reach of a proven effective program and help more people who need their services through funding treatment research, spreading awareness, and potentially providing scholarships.

Many such forums maintained online feature extensive resources such as current and past issues of AT Forum newsletters, special research reports, FAQs, notices of upcoming treatment techniques, and much more. Few such forums are Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA), Addiction Treatment Forum, The Stanton Peele Addiction Website, or JoinTogether.org.    Read more...

by thetawarrior

Drug addiction has claimed many a lives until today and will continue to claim more if we fail to take steps to deal with it before its too late. Drug addiction was once regarded as a moral flaw in the past and incarceration, church-guided prayer, and sending addicts to asylums were the most prevalent forms of treatment then. However times have changed and so have perceptions of the general public and drug addicts are being considered as just patients that need immediate treatment and moral support. It’s a kind of disease that causes long-lasting changes in the brain and therefore needs to be treated urgently to help addicts resume a normal life. Treatments in rehab centers of Utah today are customized to accommodate all sorts of addictive conditions and are often a combination of behavioral therapy and drug to get rid off the addiction completely. Therapy is crucial to help the addict come to terms with his addiction and become more receptive to treatment. On the other hand, drugs can prevent relapse, reduce cravings, and help reduce withdrawal symptoms.    Read more...