substance abuse

HELP ME!! Anxiety – Panic Sufferer… PLEASE I’m So Lost and Sad?

Question by fun11: HELP ME!! Anxiety – Panic sufferer… PLEASE I’m so lost and sad?
Hello,

I am a 30 year old female in good health. No other problems beside anxiety. I do not drink, smoke, do drugs or drink caffeine. I currently do acupuncture.

When I was 17 I… Continue reading

Drug Rehab Programs?

Question by MrSandman: Drug rehab programs?
Can you tell me if drug rehab programs are successful in the UK and what is the cost per week to the taxpayer or addict to receive treatment? I understand that the costs might be astronomical and unaffordable for your average… Continue reading

What’s the Best Drug Rehab for Methamphetamine Addiction in Bronx, New York?

Question by ABRIL B: What’s the best drug rehab for methamphetamine addiction in Bronx, New York?
My boyfriend needs help very bad. He’s hooked on methamphetamine and its already affecting our relationship and his job too. I am afraid that something bad might happen to him. What’s… Continue reading

Affordable Care Act Expands Coverage for Addiction Treatment

Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
SO: Before the Affordable Care Act took effect, about a third of those who bought a health plan in the individual market had no coverage for addiction treatment, according to Health & Human Services. Then, even when a plan did provide the… Continue reading

The Grip of Addiction Impacts the Whole Family

The grip of addiction impacts the whole family
SALT LAKE CITY — Substance abuse experts said the number of people seeking treatment for heroin addiction in Utah has been growing for seven years, an indication of the continued struggle facing families and the ones they are trying to help. The… Continue reading

Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief

Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief
… teddy bear on the duvet. The jumble of belongings both comforts and unsettles her — colorful bras, bangle bracelets and childhood artwork; court summonses; a 12-step bible; and a Hawaiian lei, bloodstained, that her daughter used as a tourniquet …
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A Look Inside the Struggles of Rose Hill

A look inside the struggles of Rose Hill
Mr. Gray said the facility had a deficit of $ 151,741 in 2011 and a deficit of $ 64,926 in 2012. In both of those years, the state Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services came through with additional aid that allowed… Continue reading

How Do They Cure Drug Addicts?

Question by sampan: how do they cure drug addicts?
I read in a newspaper about a girl that is selling her body for drugs and wants to live a new life without drugs. she was pushed into sex slavery by her aunt and now well you can… Continue reading

New Helpline Offers Hope for Drug and Alcohol Addicts

New Helpline Offers Hope for Drug and Alcohol Addicts
Unfortunately, many people in Marysville, OH struggle to overcome their substance abuse and addiction every day. Many of these people are teenagers who do not know where to turn for help when they want to end their alcohol and drug use… Continue reading

What Is Drug Addiction, Effects and Treatment? More Particularly in the Philippines?

Question by Patrick S: what is drug addiction, effects and treatment? more particularly in the philippines?

Best answer:

Answer by Cliff Schaffer
The answer to that question could fill libraries.

Start by reading this book: http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm

It is probably the best overall review of the subject ever written.

The Philippines… Continue reading