Archive for the ‘drug treatment’ Category

Posted on April 25th, 2013 by by rehab

2012 National Drug Control Strategy for the USA

The USA has published their 2012 National Drug Control Strategy. The intro from President Obama includes: Illicit drug use in America contributed to an estimated $193 billion in crime, health, and lost productivity costs in 2007, the year for which the most recent estimate is available. In today’s challenging economic environment, we cannot afford such [...]

Tags: , , ,

Posted on January 5th, 2013 by by rehab

Prescription Drug Abuse in the USA

Some key findings from the Council of State Governments study on Prescription Drug Abuse in America (from 2004). The report is obviously a bit outdated but the problem continues to grow. More than 6.2 million people were current illicit users of prescription drugs in 2002. In 2001, prescription drug abuse and misuse were estimated to [...]

Tags: , , ,

Posted on November 2nd, 2012 by by rehab

UK Drug Policy Commission Recommends Decriminalizing Drug Use

Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study A six-year study of Britain’s drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decriminalisation. The report by the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC), an independent advisory body, says possession of small amounts of controlled drugs should no longer [...]

Tags: , , , , ,

Posted on October 3rd, 2012 by by rehab

Drug Treatment Funding Can More Than Pay For Itself With Reduced Crime Costs

Some interesting details and data from Texas government web site. Drug users constitute a large and growing proportion of the criminal justice population. Drug users not only commit a substantial amount of crime, but as the frequency of drug use increases, the frequency of crime increases and the severity of crimes committed also increases. Drug [...]

Tags: , , , , , ,

Posted on May 12th, 2012 by by rehab

Russell Brand’s Testimony on Dealing with Drug Addiction

Celebrity Russell Brand makes very intelligent comments to a UK government inquiry on how to deal with drug addiction problems. He was an addict and has been drug free now for years. His main point seems to be that we need to take a pragmatic approach to what is a primarily a health problem not [...]

Tags: , , , , ,

Posted on April 4th, 2012 by by rehab

Recovery High Schools

In 1989 the first recovery high schools in the USA began. The Ecole Novelle (now known as Sobriety High) and Peers Enjoying A Sober Education (PEASE Academy) were both started in started in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, and are still operating today. Today, there are approximately 30 recovery high schools around the USA. Sobriety High [...]

Tags: , , ,

Posted on September 6th, 2011 by by ellinor

Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Rehab Centres in Australia

There are many of reasons why people resort to abusing substances such as drugs or alcohol. People from different levels of society and from different age brackets fall into drug or alcohol addiction. Many use it for socialization or enjoyment but others tend to abuse it leading to addiction. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation is so [...]

Tags: , , , ,

Posted on July 31st, 2010 by by rehab

Fighting Drugs With Drugs

An Obscure Hallucinogen Gains Legitimacy as a Solution for Addictions Ibogaine, a brown powder derived from the African Tabernathe iboga plant, has intrigued researchers since 1962, when Howard Lotsof, a student at New York University and an opiate addict, found that a single dose erased his drug cravings without causing any withdrawal symptoms. Unfortunately, the [...]

Tags: , , ,

Posted on July 16th, 2010 by by rehab

New Jerusalem Now

“You cannot fully recovery unless you help the society that made you sick, recover.” New Jerusalem Now, a community of former addicts helping each other achieve a “fullness of life” formerly prevented by drug and alcohol abuse. From the residents’ narratives, you learn how they run their community within a community in one of the [...]

Tags: , , ,

Posted on July 9th, 2010 by by rehab

Beyonce Donated $4 million to Drug Rehabilitation Center

Beyonce Knowles donated her entire $4 million salary for Cadillac Records to the Phoenix House rehabilitation charity. She spent 2 weeks at Phoenix House researching her role in the movie where she played signer Etta James. Etta James struggled with drug addiction throughout her career. Beyoncé Opens Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House The new Cosmetology [...]

Tags: , , ,