The "other drug problem," in our own medicine cabinets
Generally, Colorado and the nation are making progress in reducing illicit drug abuse among teens. But there's one big exception: nonmedical use of prescription drugs. Every day in this country, 2,500 teens abuse a prescription drug for the first time … Read more on Denver Post

Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment to expand in Two Harbors
The Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment will triple its efforts in Two Harbors next year, offering an intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program for 12 hours a week along with the current six hours of outpatient treatment at Lake View … Read more on Duluth News Tribune

Drug Rehab Wooster Helps Addicts With New Helpline
Teens, especially, that have developed addictions to drugs or alcohol are often uncertain about where they can go for help. Many are afraid to go to their parents or teachers for help for the fear of being judged. Drug Rehab Wooster saw that the teens … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Bodega getaway eyed for drug treatment center
The owner of a Mediterranean-style luxury hotel near Bodega wants to convert the place to a residential treatment facility for people trying to kick their dependence on pain medication. “There's a big need,” said Perry Litchfield, a San Rafael … Read more on Santa Rosa Press Democrat

NJ gov. praises drug rehab programs for offenders
PATERSON, N.J. — Gov. Christie on Wednesday extolled the virtues of drug and alcohol rehabilitation as an alternative to incarceration – a key component of his agenda last year – in moral, economic, and religious terms. "We're dependent upon each other. Read more on CorrectionsOne

Multi-county rehab program recognized for inmate success
A program aimed at keeping inmates booked on drug-and-alcohol offenses from becoming repeat offenders has earned Armstrong and two other counties recognition. The Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission received the County … Read more on Tribune-Review

Fremont Treatment Center Announces Program to Ease Abusive Dependence …
A Fremont treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available for people through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. A report from the U.S. … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013. Read more on PR Web (press release)

Question by annie: I fear i may relapse i am trying very hard to stay clean?
I’ve had a terrible year. I used to use drugs heavily in the past. I was clean for about 5 years. Then this past year I relapsed for about 3 months and I have been clean since September. I had a lot happen within the last year, deaths in the family, I had a life threatening miscarriage in May (before my relapse), and I had been trying to escape a scary relationship of abuse. Now I’m in counseling have been since August and I still feel “abused”. I really feel so badly traumatized I feel like just numbing myself. I remember the feeling of escape and I crave it so badly. I’m trying so hard. But it is very tempting. I feel so damaged.

Best answer:

Answer by Barbie Doll
I’m sorry that all of that happened to you. It’s so amazing that you want to recover again though. Check yourself into the hospital. That’s what I would do. Jesus loves you and paid for your life with his. He is always there for you, and is waiting for you to call to him for help. Trust him and he will take care of you.

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A Forever Recovery CEO Per Wickstrom Speaks at Monroe County Prescription …
Per Wickstrom, the CEO of A Forever Recovery, a leading addiction treatment center that has pioneered a moral reasoning approach to recovery that empowers each individual client to access the spiritual, cognitive, and fellowship support that they need, … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Nigella Lawson breaks silence after drug use accusations: ''#TeamNigella''
She tweeted a link for a festive recipe on her website and encouraged her 470,000 followers to use the hashtag #teamNigella. In the defiant tweet she wrote: "Holiday Hotcake: the perfect recipe to show thanks for all your support & to those who hashtag … Read more on Irish Mirror

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013: Student discipline, addiction treatment center
Having just finished my first semester at NYU, one question that's been on my mind is why so many fellow students come from expensive private high schools. But after reading the recent letter to the editor about Maine's public schools, “School daze … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Question by mark: Do inhalants trigger lsd flashbacks for anyone else or is it just me?
I’ve noticed whenever I do inhalants I sometimes get lsd/mushroom visuals. Does this happen to anyone else?

Best answer:

Answer by jannsody
Unfortunately, it can be from the inhalant use. Even people who’ve used lsd or “shrooms” in the past and then marijuana on a different day have had those symptoms.

With regard to the huffing, my friend actually has a severe BRAIN INJURY from inhalant use at the age of 12, now in her 30s.

Other risks of huffing include sight loss/blindness, heart/liver/kidney damage, seizures, limb spasms, bone marrow (the fatty inner lining of the bones that make blood cells) damage and even death, all of which can happen after the very FIRST time of use

For more info re: the dangers of huffing: http://www.inhalants.org

To search for counseling and treatment programs for those with a substance abuse problem(s), and some programs may have state and/or county funding for those without health insurance: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ and can click the first link and then can click “near you” on the left-hand side of the page under “find facilities”.

For a free Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting(s), and one may attend an “open” AA meeting if there is no drinking problem: http://www.aa.org

This site has some common mottos pertaining to those 12-step programs such as “One day at a time”, “First things first” and “People, places and things”: http://www.royy.com/toolsofrecovery.html

Please decide to take control of your life and make good, *healthy* choices 🙂

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Madison Treatment Center Announces Program Aimed at Supporting Individuals …
A Madison treatment center is launching a program in support of individuals that are seeking help for their substance abuse problems through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Gilbert Treatment Center Launches Program to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse
A Gilbert treatment center is announcing a new program geared toward eliminating prescription drug abuse within an individual is now available through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Chula Vista Treatment Center Launches New Program Toward Lowering …
… Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Chula Vista, CA (PRWEB) December 23, 2013. A Chula Vista treatment center is launching a new program toward lowering the risks of substance abuse issues for adolescents through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)