Substance abuse

What Causes Addiction?

Question by melon_rose: What causes addiction?

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Answer by Dave Yours Truly
Drug use or abuse crosses the line into drug addiction when you feel you have to have the drug, and you increase the amount of the drug you take. Various factors, such as your personality, your genetic… Continue reading

What Is Drug Rehab…..?

Question by : What is drug rehab…..?
Thanks,,.

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Answer by patricia
It’s a place where people go who have a dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol,prescription drugs,and street drugs such as cocaine,heroin,amphetamines,to get clean or break their dependency on these drugs
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Is There Any Kind of Doctor or Like Clinic That Could Diagnose a Hard Drug Addiction?

Question by : Is there any kind of doctor or like clinic that could diagnose a hard drug addiction?
Or a type of hypnosis? To help someone in my family quit drugs? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Answer by ToxLabRat
Just about any doctor can make… Continue reading

Pregnant Women's Rights Under Attack? Legislation, Conference Address Concerns

Pregnant women's rights under attack? Legislation, conference address concerns
Seventeen states consider substance abuse during pregnancy to be child abuse under child-welfare statutes, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute. Three of those states — Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota — allow pregnant women to be …
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How Can I Detox a Low-Dose Methadone Addiction at Home?

Question by Sara: How can I detox a low-dose methadone addiction at home?
I have been an opioid addict for 6years. Percocets(100-130mg a day) to heroin(a bundle a day). I detoxed myself off of the heroin 4 years ago cold turkey and stayed clean for a year before returning to… Continue reading

Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
Boston Globe
A surge in heroin overdoses in Massachusetts has exposed a complicated and overburdened substance abuse treatment system with demand for recovery beds chronically outpacing supply, insurance covering only a few services,… Continue reading