Posts Tagged ‘alchoholism treatment’

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Posted on July 3rd, 2010 by by rehab

Looking at the Evidence of Treating Alcoholism

AA is Faith-Based, Not Evidence-Based Alcoholics Anonymous is the most widely used treatment for alcoholism. It is mandated by the courts, accepted by mainstream medicine, and required by insurance companies. AA is generally assumed to be the most effective treatment for alcoholism, or at least “an” effective treatment. That assumption is wrong. We hear about [...]

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Posted on April 8th, 2009 by by rehab

Improving Addiction Treatment with The University of Wisconsin – Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison based program aims to better drug treatment Green-Milon’s apparent success in overcoming her addictions is all too rare, experts say. Only about a tenth of the 24 million Americans who need drug treatment get it, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and at least half of them relapse. Part of [...]

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Posted on February 19th, 2009 by by rehab

Combination Strategy to Treat Alcohol Dependence

New combination of treatments is effective for alcohol dependence McLean Hospital researchers, along with colleagues from 11 other study sites nationwide, report that the medication naltrexone and up to 20 sessions of alcohol counseling delivered by a behavioral specialist are equally effective treatments for alcohol dependence when delivered with structured medical management in the Journal [...]

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Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by by rehab

Hugh Masekela Fighting Against Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Masekela’s message for ‘addictive’ SA One of the biggest names in world music – trumpeter Hugh Masekela – has said the message behind his latest album Time is to help the fight against drug and alcohol addiction in his native South Africa. Masekela himself is a recovering addict, having gone into rehabilitation six years ago [...]

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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by by rehab

The Discovering Alcoholic

The Discovering Alcoholic is the blog of a “recovering alcoholic clean and sober without relapse since the fall of 94″

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Posted on October 29th, 2008 by by rehab

Brett Favre Overcomes Painkiller Addiction

Brett Favre’s addiction to painkillers (1996) After the seizure had ended and he had come to his senses, Favre looked into a sea of concerned medical faces and saw Packers associate team physician John Gray. “You’ve just suffered a seizure, Brett,” Gray told him. “People can die from those.” Favre’s heart sank. Upon hearing from [...]

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