Drug Addicition Help Line NewsNews about drug free reahabilitationDrug Addiction - Cause of Depression- (Found July 19, 2008 ) Psychiatrists - or as I'd like to call them, "legal drug dealers" - are busy handing out prescriptions for antidepressants when in fact that is what makes the depression worse. According to this FDA warning:http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1454 Drug Rehab - THERE ARE SOLUTIONS FOR THE DRUG CRISIS- (Found July 19, 2008 ) LA County region now accounts for 55% of California meth lab busts, 41% being reported as 'super labs' (producing a lot of the drug.) LA County deserves the right and opportunity to get better results, and our communities need them in order to be safer, more secure, and more peaceful.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1359 Drug Rehab - I Gave It Up And Got A Life- (Found July 19, 2008 ) Meth addiction results in tremendous personal torment. Desperate meth users who've been deprived of their fix have been observed picking and eating scabs off of their bodies, along with going to the extreme of drinking their own urine in an effort to try to find enough meth chemicals to get high.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1363 Drug Rehabs - How to Choose One- (Found July 19, 2008 ) This Residue causes cravings, anxiety, and depression. Also the drugs like heroin, oxycontin, cocaine, and meth are more powerful than the chemicals the brain produces to be happy. It takes 1 year for this chemical balance to be restored.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1374 Drug Rehabs - Candy Flipping- (Found July 19, 2008 ) If you thought Ecstasy might be a passing phase, think again. Remember hearing about LSD in the 1960's, that was 4 decades ago and LSD is still popular and in fact part of the mainstream drug culture. What is interesting to note is that a majority of Ecstasy is imported. Atlanta Georgia, for instance, serves as a distribution point for Ecstasy and, according to NDIC (National Drug Intelligence Center); most of the Ecstasy is produced in Northern Europe and flown in to the USA.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1399 Drug Rehab - Methadone - Friend or Foe- (Found July 19, 2008 ) "I couldn't understand why they kept increasing my dose when I was supposed to be getting the drugs out of my system," said Ryan. "My body would grow accustomed to the dose and I would need it increased just to make it through the day. It was not helping me." www.DrugAddictionHelpline.comhttp://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=807 DRUG ADDICTION HELP LINE REACHES ACROSS BORDERS- (Found July 19, 2008 ) One of the things which makes this website different from most others on this topic is its condemnation of the use of drugs to help drug users kick their habit. This is an often-used technique that is seldom explained or even discussed, but it common in many drug rehabilitation programs. Methadone is an example of a drug that will be familiar to many people, having been used for years in the "treatment" of heroin addiction. That it only replaces one harmful drug with another, while enriching...http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1411 Drug Rehabs - Death by Ecstasy- (Found July 19, 2008 ) During the course of this research, children who were being interviewed actually broke out in tears, they were so sure their friends they knew, who were doing drugs, were going to die. "We have an opportunity to reach kids about this drug before they go down the dark side of using Ecstasy. I hope these stories illustrate the importance of this for all of you", said Young.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1375 Drug Rehab - Drug Trafficking Supports Terrorists- (Found July 19, 2008 ) According to the United Nations, drug trafficking is a $400 billion per year industry which is largely responsible for supporting terrorist activity. Based on a recent National Survey, a reported 19.5 million Americans age 12 or older, are addicted to drugs therefore there is no chance of depletion of funds.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1416 Drug Rehabs -- 1,825,000 New People Trying Drugs- (Found July 19, 2008 ) In the development of an effective prevention program, we first need to address the areas where drug education efforts have failed in the past. An effective drug education program should not focus on 'harm reduction', nor should it use exaggerations as 'scare tactics' to keep kids away from drugs. To be affective it needs to focuses on education first and foremost. We know if children are given the truth about drugs, and are given all the information, they can and will make the right decision a.http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/news.php?include=1360 |