drug addicts

Tips for an Alcohol Free Valentine's Day From Saint Jude Retreats

Tips for an Alcohol Free Valentine's Day from Saint Jude Retreats

Filed under: free drug rehab

The Saint Jude Retreats is a non-disease, non-treatment based drug and alcohol program implementing proprietary methodology called Cognitive Behavioral Education (CBE). The program is the only effective alternative to alcohol rehab and drug treatment… Continue reading

Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 2 of 6)


 

Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 2 of 6) – Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, provides data on the leading health indicator topic, Substance Abuse. The Webinar is part of a monthly “Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators?” series. Learn more at:… Continue reading

What Should a Drug Rehab Program Possess?

Question by dominique w: What should a drug rehab program possess?
I’m looking for the tell-tale signs of a good rehab program since my father have decided to have an older brother undergo one. His life got all messed up when he found out that his gf for five… Continue reading

Russian Orthodox Church Helps to Rehabilitate Drug Addicts

Russian Orthodox Church helps to rehabilitate drug addicts

Filed under: drug rehabilitation centers

It is one of 60 drug rehabilitation centers in Russia run by the Russian Orthodox Church. Only 12 people live here – four priests and eight recovering drug addicts from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Tomsk. The… Continue reading

How to Handle Someone Who’s Addicted to Prescription Drfugs?

Question by deedee: How to handle someone who’s addicted to prescription drfugs?
My oldest sister is highly addicted to prescription drugs. She nods off ANYWHERE for a loooong period of time. She has been addicted for (as long as we know) 3 years. She needs help bad! She has… Continue reading

Does It Make More Sense to Put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED People in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?

Question by Bush is not conservative: Does it make more sense to put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED people in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?
Addiction is an illness. Narcotics abuse is an illness. Logically, the purchasing, possession and abuse of a drug by an addict is as much of a… Continue reading

Drug Overdoses Lead to Action Forum in Yorktown

Drug Overdoses Lead To Action Forum In Yorktown

Filed under: drug addiction help for family

The forum, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Pheonix Academy at 3151 Stoney St., was created by separate families from Mahopac and Somers, who each lost a son to a drug overdose in 2012.… Continue reading

Brazil Considers Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation Law

Brazil considers compulsory drug rehabilitation law

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Brazilian authorities are considering a law which would make treatment compulsory for crack cocaine users in Rio de Janeiro, ahead of the 2014 football World Cup. With many users smoking openly on the streets, Brazil has the highest rate of… Continue reading

Heroin Drug Trial – Switzerland


 

Heroin Drug Trial – Switzerland – Sep 1997 A feature on the novel Swiss plan to help drug addicts recover. Evelyn is a heroin addict. Since the age of 18 she’s been caught in a downward spiral of unemployment, crime and prostitution. She’s also one of a thousand users… Continue reading

Why Does Insurance Only Cover So Little Days for Drug Rehab?

Question by Jenifer: Why does insurance only cover so little days for drug rehab?
My husband was just admitted to Sunrise House in Lafayette,Nj. This is his first time in rehab. It is a 28 days program but the people who work there tell me we will get lucky… Continue reading