Substance abuse is a world-wide issue; one of which has been growing at an explosive rate here at home in the United States. If you don’t have any personal experience with it yourself, chances are you know someone who has. Describing our nation’s substance abuse issue as a drug epidemic is the only true and fitting way. […]...
Choosing the best drug rehab for your needs can be a very stressful experience, especially with all of the different options and types of care that are currently available. When you’re trying to make a major life decision such as going to treatment, it’s always very important to educate yourself in order to find the level of care that [&hel...
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Using Suboxone as a primary method of treatment for opiate detox is gaining popularity in the treatment field. Because of it’s long half life, it is easy to taper (or ween yourself) off of compared to harder opiates such as heroin and oxycodone. Today, we will examine how using Suboxone in opiate detox works and help you determine what ste...
A recent NIDA-funded clinical trial indicates that a significant portion of individuals who are addicted to opioid painkillers may initiate and maintain abstinence with a brief but intensive outpatient detoxification treatment followed by opioid antagonist therapy using naltrexone. Patients in the trial achieved higher abstinence rates than are typ...
Workplace drug use can create safety hazards, expose your company to liability, and decrease productivity. But when it comes to a drug-free workplace program, one size does not fit all. Keep reading for important considerations in developing an effective drug and alcohol policy at your company. The type of program you choose for your workplace [&he...
One of the local A.A. in my part of south Florida meetings reads from the Grapevine, Alcoholics Anonymous’ international journal on Saturday evenings. A few weeks ago, I was struck by a story in the May 2015 issue where the author described how every generation of his family had been “decimated by alcoholism”. The word decimate […]...
