Destructive habits hard to resist, break
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
... and in how it works, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Science shows that five-day detox programs aren't enough to treat addiction. ...

Drugs keep demons at bay
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
By EMILY DAGOSTINO, emily.dagostino@shj.com By EMILY DAGOSTINO Addiction is not an acute problem that should be treated with detox alone, said Dr. Susan ...

Al Gore's son goes into rehab
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
The son of Bill Clinton's vice president will spend 90 days behind the closed doors of a drug rehabilitation centre, as part of his detoxification program. ...

Forced detox program sees dozens of youth
CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
A five-bed secure drug stabilization facility for youth opened at Marymound, a non-profit agency in downtown Winnipeg, in November to deal with minors whose ...

Carlow's drug crux hits rock bottom
The Nationalist - Carlow,Leinster,Ireland
Heroin users find it increasingly difficult to be accepted onto the programme which requires users to be clean from heroin, yet there is no detox centre in ...

Drug Nation
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
That requires crack cocaine detox and rehab to fully overcome the adverse mental and physical effects of the drug. Once a person becomes used to having ...

To Helle and Back; One mans's battle with crystal meth addiction
Sarnia Observer - Ontario, Canada
Then there's detox for another two to three weeks. You must be clean at least two weeks before a residential treatment facility will take you in, ...

70 teen addicts forced into detox
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
By Mary Agnes Welch MORE than 70 teenage drug addicts have been forced into detox in the nine months since the province passed new legislation that gives ...

Construction may begin as early as fall on detox center in Fort Myers
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
If people in Collier go to SWFAS' detox center, they are doing so on their own and are not sent there from David Lawrence, said David Schimmel, ...

Fighting addiction is a struggle at any price
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
The physical part includes detox -- five to seven days for a heavy user during which the body rids itself of alcohol or heroin and other opiates. ...

Drug Rehab: 10 Steps to Staying Clean Contributes to Success Rates
Pr-GB.com (Press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
Positive Thinking - Dwelling on the possibility of relapse and the negative aspects of your addiction, rehab or detox (http://www.recoveryconnection.org/) ...

Forced rehab sees 100th teen client
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
Kids can be held at the detox unit up to seven days, with three opportunities to be released. The first two are assessments done by addictions specialists ...

Britney Spears Has the Best Lollipops Ever
Film.com - Seattle,WA,USA
This doc uses a new drug called Suboxone, which allows patients to detox on an outpatient basis. Approved by the FDA in 2002, Suboxone is one of the first ...

Modern law & order: The good, bad and ugly issues
River Falls Journal (subscription) - River Falls,WI,USA
Citizens might be surprised to learn how resource-intensive it is transporting people to emergency detention and detox. Debbie Griffin photo River Falls ...

Plett out to lock down against dealers in tik and other drugs
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
It's not just a matter of detox," he said. Gareth Carter, who owns a rehab centre in Plettenberg Bay, said that although the centre dealt mostly with adults ...

Ontario pledges more drug treatment funding; MPP Di COCCO cites ...
Sarnia Observer - Ontario, Canada
The absence of a local detox centre is particularly troubling, she added. "You can expect more assistance, more investment in services dealing with ...

Majority of drug abuse victims treated for opiates - World Drug Report
Malta Independent Online - Malta
According to last year's report, at least 1444 people were treated for drug abuse in Detox centres, rehab, and prison and community services. ...

A bittersweet sentencing
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Josh went to detox five different times, attended three different out-patient programs and spent 10 months in three in-patient programs. ...

Funding up in the air for pilot detox program
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... a pilot project to allow Manatee Glens Hospital and Crisis Center to provide detox and rehabilitation for involuntary alcohol and drug abuse patients. ...

Living clean
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
They also offer STEPS, a 25-bed detox program. Alcoholics Anonymous, Central Office of Shreveport, 2800 Youree Drive, can give you time and location of ...

'Here to help'
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
Over the years, Hartley tried four rounds of 28-day, inpatient detox programs that replace opioids with intense counseling. He wasn't the only one who ...

Rehab, Relapse, Repeat (Lindsay Lohan, Take Note!)
U.S. News " World Report - Washington,DC,USA
It takes about a week to get through detox and wean the body off a substance, and that's when people can really begin to focus on the psychological and ...

Rise in number of teenage addicts
Nursing in Practice - London,Greater London,UK
"If a young person is addicted to cocaine or alcohol they can't go in for rehab or detox. We have never developed a treatment service. ...

Leading Drug Rehab Referral Database Now Offers Support for ...
Emediawire (Press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) August 14, 2007 -- Alcohol detox and drug rehabilitation referral database, recoveryconnection.org, now offers assistance for ...

In need of a fix
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
Or do you think it's more humane to give them access to clean needles and the opportunity to get into detox? Wood, who's with the BC Centre for Excellence ...

Substance-addiction stigma persists
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
For the first three days of detox, he received medication to help with the anxiety produced during withdrawal. Since then, he said, he has had increasing ...

Drugs: why my new life is a miracle
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
There are not enough resources being put into drug rehabilitation. There are 24 detox beds and an estimated 13000 addicts. They can't afford their daily fix ...

Advocates of BC safe-injection site go to court to keep it open
CBC Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Canada
... with nurses providing clean syringes and keeping watch over intravenous drug users in case of overdoses. Addicts can also access referrals to detox and ...

DEA data: OxyContin sales soared in southern Indiana from '97 to '05
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
He said the surge has prompted the clinic to add more detox-related services over the last five years for opiates, which have a sedative effect on the body. ...

Gov't reviews drug rehab strategy
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
Participants reviewed detox programmes for drug users and progress made in establishing vice-free wards and communes in the 2001-06 stage. ...

Alcohol or Drug Detox for Parents May Help Reverse Abuse Trends
Rising Alcohol and prescription Drug Abuse Statistics Don't Exclude Adults
Rising Alcohol and prescription Drug Abuse Statistics Don't Exclude Adults TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - July 11, 2007) - Recent news stories about Al Gore III have highlighted prescription drug abuse statistics among college-aged young adults, and have suggested that parents put a lock on their medicine cabinets. What is not being addressed is the problem of alcohol and drug abuse by the parents, and the influence it has on children. Getting parents into a successful alcohol and drug detox program may be more effective than locks.

Detox helps youth heal
DRUGS: More beds for young people struggling with substance abuse are making a difference Most teens only have to worry about their grades or getting grounded; not where their next fix is coming from.

More encouragement and less punishment needed for drug addicts, says NICE
Incentives, positive feedback, and support groups should be used to help wean addicts off drugs, says the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in two sets of new guidance issued today.

Celebrity rehab: A sober second look
As current trends go, beehive-headed singer Amy Winehouse would seem ahead of her time with her 2006 lyrics: "They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said no, no, no."