Drug Addiction Treatment

This category consists of posts that discuss information and issues relating to the process of treating a drug addiction. Drug addiction treatments are often aimed only at adults who have been set in their ways for quite some time. The reason treating drug addiction in adults can often times fail can be described by the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The older a person gets, the more stubborn they become against changing their habits, and this is the case whether those habits are ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Treating drug abuse in young adults is by no means easy, but seems to have more success because the patients are still at a stage in their lives where they are more willing to change, and change for the better. There is a slight difference between ‘treatment’ and ‘rehabilitation’ – the former is a more medical procedure, detoxifying the body of the drug, while the latter rectifies mental issues and social behaviors that caused the young adult to abuse drugs in the first place.

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Gatehouse Academy is an extended care treatment center for young men and women in need of long term drug rehab or alcohol rehab. We offer the opportunity for young adults from the ages of 17-25 to learn life skills, continue formalized education, enhance physical well-being, and recover from the detrimental effects of chemical dependency.

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Treating Drug Addiction in Prison

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Folsom State Prison in California has begun a 90 day rehabilitation program for drug addicted offenders. The program has been quite succesfull and consideration to use the program statewide is in effect. A very large number of inmates are in jails and prisons due to drug related offenses resulting from their drug addiction. This is very good news & I hope it spreads nationwide!

Roughly two-thirds of the state's inmates return to prison within three years of release. While the three-year-old Folsom program is still relatively new, early indicators show that more than 60 percent of those who complete the program continue to seek treatment, which helps keep parolees from returning to prison.

National Drug Addiction & Recovery Month

Monday, September 10th, 2007

This month marks the 18th year of National Drug Addiction & Recovery Month. To honor recovery from addiction, events will take place across the nation. This is a good opportunity to celebrate recovery and to educate the public. In Phoenix, the annual Art of Recovery Expo will be held September 29th. For more information log on to www.artofrecoveryexpo.com

This year's theme, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Saving Lives, Saving Dollars," asks people to take notice of the financial and human costs of substance use disorders, and to understand the benefits that investing in treatment can have on those who enter recovery, their families and the larger community.

Is Addiction a Disease or Learned Behavior?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I thought this article was really interesting. If you had your mind made up about this topic, it really makes you think twice. What do you think?

Many people think they know what addiction is, but despite non-experts' willingness to opine on its treatment and whether Britney or Lindsay's rehab was tough enough, the term is still a battleground. Is addiction a disease? A moral weakness? A disorder caused by drug or alcohol use, or a compulsive behavior that can also occur in relation to sex, food and maybe even video games?

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