Naloxone may reverse deadly effects of drug overdoses
April Rovero lost her college-aged son Joey to a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs including opioid and Oxycontin. While the former football … Addiction specialist Gantt Galloway helps run the New Leaf treatment center in Contra Costa County. Read more on abc7news.com

Taxpayers to foot the bill for “affluenza” teen's treatment
The judge ruled that Couch would have to undergo long-term treatment at an alcohol rehab center and sentenced him to probation. Now, the victims' families are outraged by the latest details released in the case. The state-run facility that is taking … Read more on kfor.com

Lindsay Lohan Allegedly Relapsed At Coachella, Which Is Exactly Where You'd …
Lindsay Lohan in New York City April 2014 I'm no doctor, but Coachella isn't another name for a rehab facility that Lindsay Lohan spent spent her weekend at, right? Just want to make sure I have it right, that that's a notoriously alcohol- and drug … Read more on Crushable

Chrisley Knows Arrest! Reality Star's Secret Assault Charges REVEALED …
Apparently a two-month stay in rehab wasn't enough for Kyle Chrisley to overcome his demons. More than two years after receiving treatment at a drug, alcohol and dual-diagnosis center, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the Chrisley Knows … Read more on Radar Online

Question by Rin: I need an opinion on something serious?
I’m a sophmore in high school and i was caught by my parents buying pot. I have execptional grades (all b’s and a’s) and i’m on on honor roll in my school. Also i am a varsity xc runner. This has been the third time my parents have caught me. The first time they found it in my laundry at the start of freshman year about a week into starting to smoke. The second time 11 months later in the middle of August. Both times they have grounded me for a month (no phone, fb, hanging out with friends etc.)

Now my for my third offense my parents are sending me to a rehab center. It’s not a full on program where i am taken out of school and sent away. But it’s after school about 3-4 times a week for 2 hours. Now on top of this they are making me pay for this whole program. The reason they put me in this is because within the week i was ungrounded i was caught once again and they have concluded that i have an addiction to pot.

On top of putting me through a “substance abuse rehabilitation program” they are transferring me out of my highly ranked public school to put me in a Catholic school.

My argument to them is that i smoke pot once or twice a week which is maybe a bit over average but nothing extreme. And they know that. I also told them that it is not effecting my grades because freshmen year i had a 3.5 GPA, which isn’t outstanding but I think it is very good. I also show my parents respect, love them and spend time with them.

I would like to hear an opinion on my punishment.

Best answer:

Answer by Lee Bigwok
Dude I’m sorry but your parents have the leash on this one. I think that sucks for sure but you might have to wait until you’re eighteen. You’d have to play in the grey area to convince your parents.

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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Substance abuse treatment is a $ 7.7 billion industry, according to a recent report by IBISWorld Inc., a New York research firm, and growing at an annual rate of about 2 percent. Continue reading below. Heroin and prescription drug addiction is “a giant … Read more on Boston Globe

Adams City High in Commerce City offers pot offenders treatment option
COMMERCE CITY — A handful of high school students in Commerce City identified as high-risk marijuana users can avoid traditional punishment by enrolling in a pilot, school-based treatment program created by substance abuse researchers from the … Read more on The Denver Post

Right Step Opens 'Women Only' Substance Abuse and Intimacy Disorders …
Right Step addiction treatment center in Dallas/Ft. Worth opens the Substance Abuse and Intimacy Disorders program (SAID DFW) for women only. SAID DFW treats women who have relationship and intimacy issues that are undermining their ability to live … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Sobriety center would be a smart step toward decriminalizing public …
Whether the problem is substance abuse or simply a night out to celebrate a 21st birthday, arresting people who for being publicly intoxicated does not solve any issue. Travis County is taking a step in the right direction by moving toward … Read more on UT The Daily Texan

Rutgers responds to NJ heroin problem
“In 2012, there were more than 8,300 admissions to state-licensed or certified substance abuse treatment programs due to prescription drug abuse, an increase of 200 percent over the past five years and nearly 700 percent over the past decade,” the … Read more on RU Daily Targum

Life-saving overdose antidote may become easy to buy
The current draft of the bill calls for buyers to receive some counseling on drug treatment programs and education about how to recognize an overdose. Pharmacists … Her husband, she explained, sometimes mixes pain medications with alcohol. Wally said … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Question by Joe: Is this illegal “Lie online about an “addiction” and tell them you need money for rehab?
Is this illegal “Lie online about an “addiction” and tell them you need money for rehab and ask them to send you money?”

Best answer:

Answer by Sara
of course because it is stealing…

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New Best Drug Rehabilitation Blog Post Asks: What are the Most Addictive …
“Many people still believe that drug abuse and drug addiction only refer to illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and so on,” commented Best Drug Rehabilitation's CEO Per Wickstrom. “However, there is a prescription drug abuse problem happening in our … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott work through marriage problems on 'True Tori'
After weeks of rumors and no comment from the couple, McDermott went to rehab. Now Spelling and … The filming began earlier this month and includes some very raw footage of the couple working through Dean McDermott's sex addiction. Both Tori … Read more on Examiner.com

Report: Knicks considering signing Lamar Odom
Last summer, he was under significant scrutiny for what was reportedly a drug addiction. He was not signed this season, eventually going to Spain. He returned to the United States recently to rehab an injury. Would Odom help the Lakers? Usually this is … Read more on CBSSports.com

Question by kieshyiah: Vicodin vs Codeine vs Percocet ..?
Which is more addictive? My friend was on Vicodin and was afraid he would get addicted, so the doctor switched him to Codeine. I always thought Codeine was more addictive? Would Percocet be a good alternative that would take care of the pain (Shoulder Impingement Syndrome) without the addiction and withdrawals? Any help would be appreciated?
I just found out its not ‘Codeine’ its Tylenol 3 with Codeine. Just to amend that.

Best answer:

Answer by gaston8291
Vicodin is hydrocodone and is a schedule 3 narcotic…it is addictive but always has a NSAIS in it like APAP, ibprofen or another over the counter pain drug, that is used to make sure people don’t abuse it (take 5 instead of one) but some still do..percocet is oxycodone a schedule 2 narcotic with APAP (acetaminophen) aka tylenol, Codeine is the base drug that they above two are used to manufacture….it is in the smae class schedule as oxycodone andthe schedules are used toi classify potential dangers of abuse…

These drugs taken properly can casue physical dependence meaningthe body would go through wthdrawal without it’s use that is the nature of opiates adn the doctor should properly ween someone off opiates..dependence differs from “addiction” addiction is the psychological urge to take more than needed or more the RUSH, BUZZ, etc instead of the pain management effects..and there is a luadry list of behaviors assocated with it…..

If he is concerned with opaite addiction, there is gabapentin or tramamdol which is less addicting and good for some types of pain..
Best of luck………

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Substance abuse forum comes to Collin College
“I think that the main thing is that parents are afraid to talk to their kids because they're afraid to open the window to their own drug use or experimentation,” Baker said. “I'm brutally honest. It's OK to tell your kids that you experimented … Read more on Star Local Media

Tom Hardy – Tom Hardy: 'Drug Abuse Nearly Killed Me'
British actor Tom Hardy is convinced he is lucky to be alive after battling drug addiction. The Dark Knight Rises star fell into a downward spiral of alcohol, illegal substance abuse and criminal behaviour in his youth before kicking his addictions in … Read more on Contactmusic.com

Jackson's heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse …
He and others have gained some ground, but the problem persists in Jackson and elsewhere, affecting people across a broad spectrum of classes and circumstances. “It's not going away,” Michigan State Police Detective Lt. Dave Cook said of the drug. Read more on MLive.com

Question by Dahoss65: Drug differences?
What are the differences between…
1) Sedatives
2) Tranquilizers
3) Anesthetics

Best answer:

Answer by Grrr
Sedatives and tranquilizers have similar effects.

A sedative-hypnotic is a substance that depresses the central nervous system (CNS),[1] resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, and possibly – at higher doses – slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. Doses of sedative-hypnotics when used as a hypnotic to induce sleep tend to be higher than those used to relieve anxiety.

Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers can cause euphoria. They also slow normal brain function, which may result in slurred speech, shallow breathing, sluggishness, fatigue, disorientation and lack of coordination or dilated pupils. During the first few days of taking a prescribed sedative or tranquilizer, a person usually feels sleepy and uncoordinated, but as the body becomes accustomed to the effects of the drug, these feelings begin to disappear. Higher doses cause impairment of memory, judgment and coordination, irritability, paranoid and suicidal ideation. Some people experience a paradoxical reaction to these drugs and can become agitated or aggressive. Using Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers with other substances – particularly alcohol – can slow breathing, or slow both the heart and respiration, and possibly lead to death.

Anesthesia, has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. Another definition is a “reversible lack of awareness”, whether this is a total lack of awareness (e.g. a general anaesthestic) or a lack of awareness of a part of a the body such as a spinal anaesthetic or another nerve block would cause.

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Preparing art for drug awareness display
Grade 9 student Tiernan Abel traces out the shape of a marijuana leaf, as part of the art for his display on drug and alcohol awareness at the Weyburn Junior High on Thursday. The Grade 9 Health students are preparing displays and information for the … Read more on S.E. Saskatchewan Booster

Six percent of CSU students abuse prescription drugs like Adderall, Ritalin
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Northern Valley parents create drug coalition
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