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Creating a better system of addiction treatment: Matching rehabs to patients
I can’t hide it any longer, I just have to confess: I hate the way addiction treatment is managed nowadays. With over 25 million people meeting criteria for addictions in the U.S., only 10% are seeking treatment on a yearly basis. Sure, part of the problem is that others just don’t want it, at least…
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Enforcement Vs. Prevention and Treatment – Solving our addiction problem requires all three
The U.S. policy regarding the drug problem is still centered mainly on the enforcement of its drug laws and intervention in the drug supply both within the U.S. and in neighboring countries. There is no question that this “crusade” has had an impact. Importing a kilogram of cocaine into the US costs approx $15000 (an…
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Addiction, exercise, recovery: Yoga practice and mindfulness in addiction recovery
contributing author: Katie McGrath Continuing with our posts on the relationship between addiction, exercise, and recovery, let’s discuss the benefits of yoga and The origins of American Yoga practice America first turned to yoga in the 60s as a way to get high without using drugs. Over the years, yoga has grown in popularity as…
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Addiction, exercise, recovery: A little less sweating, just as much addiction help!
contributing author: Katie McGrath We’ve talked quite a bit about the benefits of active habits, especially early in recovery when addicts are looking for things to do instead of drugs and alcohol. If you want to look at another blogger who supports the idea that replacing addictive habits is essential to recovery, you should check…
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Addiction causes – Drug addiction as a chronic disease makes sense
The stigma of addiction is alive and well. Whether you believe in the disease model or not, it seems that people’s judgments regarding what it means to be an addict are well entrenched. I’d like to work on that a bit. Why is addiction a disease? In numerous posts on this site I’ve addressed issues…
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More drug addiction research from CPDD: Teenage smoking, childhood trauma, and marijuana withdrawal
Today, I’ll give a short summary of a few interesting talks I saw at the conference: Teenage smoking – Children of mothers who used drugs during pregnancy had abnormal stress hormone levels. When assessed over time, their abnormal stress response was associated with an earlier onset (age of first use) of cigarettes smoking and an…
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And the survey says…
Well then, it seems that the drug-use survey I created is telling me that my blog readers’ drug use falls right in line with the use patterns common in the country. Most of the readers smoke cigarettes, with marijuana, alcohol, and cocaine close in tow. I didn’t expect the meth, ecstasy, and other drug counts…