http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:56:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the town of Fort Frances, Ontario, just across the border from Minnesota, there are about 60 people on methadone maintenance. Last year there were seven. The town has a population of a little over 8,000. According to a local pharmacist, more and more Fort Frances residents who have trouble ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/08/06/addiction-help-q-a-is-methadone-treatment-stopping-addiction/ More about what happens with drugs in college. Susan Smith (not her real name) grew up in a normal, loving, educated family. She was a girl scout, mom lead a troup. A great life. Then she went to college - she was going to be a social worker - which ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/08/05/get-addiction-help-early-when-theyre-taking-drugs-in-college/ Natalie Ciappa, an 18-year-old high school student who overdosed and nearly died on Memorial Day weekend, promised her parents (and probably herself) she was going to stop using heroin. But less than a month later, she was dead. The drug problem had been going on for over a year but she ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/08/04/addiction-help-could-have-prevented-students-death/ If you think drugs aren't such a bad thing - maybe you took them when you were a kid, and you turned out fine - be aware of the fact that your kids, your friends, your husband, wife, brother, sister, could turn out like the pictures from the faces of ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/31/addiction-help-could-have-prevented-meth-faces/ Have you heard of addiction vaccines? I really don't get the point. They're for people who are already on drugs and are really motivated to get off them. The vaccines are said to prevent the person from being affected by the drug (they take it and they don't get high.) ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/30/addiction-help-do-we-really-need-addiction-vaccines/ "This is the age of medication", said Dr. Steven Jaffe. "I have a thousand parents who say, 'I didn't know how much my child was into." That's right. They're really into medication - the kind they find in their own homes, steal from the family medicine cabinet and share with ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/29/get-addiction-help-for-teens-and-young-adults-using-prescription-drugs/ Oklahoma has it bad. Drug and alcohol addiction in Oklahoma contributes to 85 percent of homicides, 80 percent of prison incarcerations and 75 percent of divorce, and costs the state about $5.8 billion a year - which is enough to get about 10% of the entire population of Oklahoma through ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/27/addiction-help-q-a-shouldnt-oklahoma-spend-more-money-on-treatment/ Saturn Noriega, writer, CEO andformer Chicago politican, wrote an article recently in which he referred to "America's fastest growing problem - an insatiable hunger for illegal drugs. " The article praises drug testing in schools as a way to 'help protect the innocent and straighten out the guilty' before they ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/25/fewer-would-need-addiction-help-if-schools-tested-for-prescription-drugs/ For years I've put music on when I'm exercising, cleaning the house, or doing anything that I can do better with a little rhythm behind it. And the louder the music, the more I'm motivated. And the faster the beat, the faster I move. Researchers have now discovered that housework and ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/25/addiction-help-warning-stay-out-of-bars/ The state of New York has banned smoking in alcohol and drug addiction recovery centers.  I'm not sure that's a great idea. While it's true that people who smoke are more likely to take drugs and drink than others, and while it's true that it's better not to smoke, getting ... http://blog.addictionhelpservices.com/views/2008/07/23/should-addiction-help-be-for-one-substance-at-a-time/