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Blog Entries tagged 'crack' Blog Entries tagged 'crack' http://www.findrehabnow.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:23:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 4 http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,A-LITTLE-HISTORY-ABOUT-COCAINE-PART-4.html/Itemid,72/   <p>In the 1880's before the Merck and Park, Davis drug companies figured out how to synthesize pure cocaine from coca leaves and hired the likes of Sigmund Freud and pioneering ophthalmologist Karl Koller to promote the wonders of pure cocaine to the medical community and the world at large, the man that was most often associated with coca was Angelo Mariani.  In addition to being a second rate pharmacist who created coca laced wine, Mariani was also a marketing genius and the ma [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100 drug treatment drug rehab drug prevention crack cocaine A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 3 http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,A-LITTLE-HISTORY-ABOUT-COCAINE-PART-3.html/Itemid,72/ <p>In the late 1800's early 1900's two of cocaine's biggest advocates were Dr. Sigmund Freud and Dr. Karl Koller.  Freud, a Psychologist and Koller, a house surgeon practicing in the Veinna General Hospital were friends and associates. Up until the mid 1880's both had very little notoriety in thier respective fields.  Their climb to fame and fortune began in 1885 after chemists from two major drug companies of the day,&n [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100 drug prevention crack cocaine A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 2 http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,A-LITTLE-HISTORY-ABOUT-COCAINE-PART-2.html/Itemid,72/ <p>When one hears about the cocaine cartels we think of the Cocaine cartels in South America and that these organizations have only existed since the 1980's when cocaine  use skyrocket and  coca became one of the most lucrative cash crops on the planet. </p><p>What is not common knowledge is that there have been many cocaine cartels long before thugs in South America organized in late 1970's early 1980's.  In actual fact the first cocaine carte [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100 drug prevention crack cocaine COCAINE: THE NATIONS MOST DANGEROUS THREAT http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,COCAINE-THE-NATIONS-MOST-DANGEROUS-THREAT.html/Itemid,72/   In a recent report from the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States, cocaine has been labeled the greatest drug threat to the United States. In their annual National Drug Threat Assessment, the DEA stated that "national law enforcement and drug use surveys show that the adverse impact to the nation's communities, families, and individuals caused by the distribution and abuse of powder and crack cocaine exceeds that caused by all other drugs. <p>Drug counselors nation [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:00:00 +0100 drug rehab crack cocaine A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,A-LITTLE-HISTROY-ABOUT-COCAINE.html/Itemid,72/   <p>It is universally acknowledged that drug and alcohol addiction is a world-wide epidemic.   In the U.S. alone there are more then 25 million people abusing drugs and/or alcohol.   The American drug abusing population spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to buy their drugs while addicts world-wide spend billions every year feeding their habits.   Unfortunately the international drug epidemic is not a new problem.  Drug addiction has plagued t [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 drug treatment crack cocaine NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART XI http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-ADDICTION-IN-AMERICA-PART-XI.html/Itemid,72/ There are different methods utilized in substance abuse counseling to bring about positive moral change in an addict. Probably one of the most commonly used is the Twelve Step approach practiced by the Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous groups. <p>In this method, steps 4 and 5 and steps 8 and 9 deal with life inventory of the wrong deeds done and who was affected by them. In addition to this, the addict then makes up the damage done as a result of these negative actions. </p><p>This met [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds Prescription Med Rehabilitation drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART IX http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-ADDICITION-IN-AMERICA-PART-IX.html/Itemid,72/                          The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction <p align="center">"Depression": The Second Barrier to Successful Recover         </p><p align="left">Depression is another factor that keeps an addict harnessed in his addiction Depression is the source of a constant and significant amount of discomfort that prom [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 prescription pain killers prescription meds Prescription Med Rehabilitation opiates methamphetamin heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART VII http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-ADDICITION-IN-MAERICA-PART-VII.html/Itemid,72/ <p align="center">The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction</p><p>                                             What is Addiction Really</p><p>Whether a person is genetically or bio-chemically predisposed to addiction or alcoholism is a controversy that has been debated for years [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 Prescription Med Rehabilitation drug treatment drug rehab drug prevention crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART III http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-ADDICITION-IN-AMERICA-PART-III.html/Itemid,72/                   THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN HEROIN ADDICT <p>Far from being a recent development in this country, drug or alcohol addiction has been part of the American scene for more than one hundred fifty years. And for thousands of years before that, drugs and alcoholic products have been intertwined throughout various cultures from the ancient Egyptians and Persians to the Romans. They have been labeled as [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 heroin drug rehab drug prevention crack cocaine alcohol NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART II http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-ADDICITION-IN-AMERICA-PART-II.html/Itemid,72/ America - a country founded on principles of individual freedom, by strong-principled men and women who fought to create a social structure in which citizens could choose their religions and their own ways of life. <p>Some people may consider that the American way of life is under attack by political or economic factors. This may or may not be true - but one thing is certain: America and Americans are under concerted attack by those who manufacture, smuggle, distribute and sell drugs of abuse. T [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100 meth heroin drug rehab drug prevention crack cocaine WHAT IS INTERVENTION http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,WHAT-IS-INTERVENTION.html/Itemid,72/ <p>WHAT IS AN INTERVENTION?</p><p>An intervention is the process of coming between two or more people or groups to change the anticipated outcome. When a person intervenes in any life situation, he or she is coming between some elements in life so as to change the course of events that are occurring. For example, a person might intervene in an argument between two other people to keep them from coming to blows. </p><p>When an addict is on a course of events that consists of daily use of drugs or [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100 Prescription Med Rehabilitation opiates methodone meth heroin drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A REHABILITATION CENTER IS WORKING? http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,HOW-DO-YOU-KNOW-WHEN-A-REHABILITATION-CENTER-IS-WORKING-.html/Itemid,72/ <p>If you are currently involved in a rehabilitation center here are some tips that can help you identify if that center is leading you toward successful recovery.</p><p>Just about anyone in any treamtent center, no matter what philosospy and approach to recovery is being followed will help the addicted person feel better in the beginning of the program.  This is primarily because any legitmate program will work to dry out or detox a person off thier drug(s) of choice.  Once the intial [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds Prescription Med Rehabilitation methodone methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE DRUG ALCOHOHL REHAB FIELD http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,THINGS-ARE-CHANGING-IN-THE-DRUG-ALCOHOHL-REHAB-FIELD.html/Itemid,72/ <p>More and more rehab professionals in the Drug Alcohol Rehab field are agreeing that the traditional 28-day drug and alcohol rehab programs are not effective.   For over 25 years the the traditional 28-day rehab program has been touted as the accepted model for treatment.  The birth of the 28-day treatment program modality in the late 1970's was incubated by the recognition of major health insurance companies that drug and alcohol addiction needed to be included and cov [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds Prescription Med Rehabilitation methodone methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol ARE YOU IN REHAB? WHAT IS IT DOING FOR YOU? http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,ARE-YOU-IN-REHAB-WHAT-IS-IT-DOING-FOR-YOU-.html/Itemid,72/ <p>There are many drug and alcohol rehab programs available for those in need of help with chemical dependency.  There are also many treatment philosophys and approaches.  If you are involved in a treatment program here are some things to consider and questions to ask your counselor.   These pointers will help you determine where you will end up at the end of your treatment plan.</p><p>1.  Is the program you are involved in  helping you to address the physical [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds Prescription Med Rehabilitation methodone methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol MORE ON GUILT AND DRUG ALCOHOL REHABILITATION http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,MORE-ON-GUILT-AND-DRUG-ALCOHOL-REHABILITATION.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Guilt is part of what holds addiction in place.  The guilt and addict expereinces is directly caused by the dishonestty and misdeeds that an addict committs as the cycle of addiction contiues.  The addict devlops memories of the dishonest actions done.  Over time, the memories of guilt accumulate and when the addict sees people or places that were involved in these past misdeeds these sights can trigger the guilt surrounding the dishonest act(s).  [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol DEALING WITH GUILT IN DRUG ALCOHOL REHAB http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,DEALING-WITH-GUILT-IN-DRUG-ALCOHOL-REHAB.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Feeling of Guilt plague all people addicted to drugs or alcohol.  It would make sense then eliminating the guilt an addict feels is part of process of one being successful at the end of a course of treatment.   Sobering up alone will not eliminate the guilt an addicts has over the decision and negative actions they have done that have become part of thier addicted personality.</p><p>The guilt an addict expereinces takes time to build up in an individual.  It doesn't ha [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol DEPRESSION; A BARRIER TO RECOVERY AND CAUSE OF RELAPSE http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,DEPRESSION-A-BARRIER-TO-RECOVERY-AND-CAUSE-OF-RELAPSE.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Any treatment professional knows that depression is an intregal part of drug and alcohol addiction.  The depression an addict expereinces is a factor that keeps an addict harnessed in addiction and if not delt with effectively will be one of the main reasons an addict who is unsuccessful in recovery relapses after treatment.  </p><p>Some tradtional medical-psychiatric based programs diagnos and treat depression as the fundamental cause of addiction.  Commonly the practioners of [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol STORAGE OF DRUG RESIDUES IN THE BODY AND DRUG REHABILITATION http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,STORAGE-OF-DRUG-RESIDUES-IN-THE-BODY-AND-DRUG-REHABILITATION.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Today it is fairly common for many companies and federal agencies to drug test thier employees.  Through a common urinalysis test, it can be determined if the eomployee has taken any one of several drugs.</p><p>This test of a person's urine not only detects if they have taken drugs, it also detects what type of drugs were taken.  Drug tests detect the presence of any drugs or their "metabolites".</p><p>Metabolites are the products left behind in the body when it has br [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol MORE ON CRAVINGS; THE FIRST MECHANIC OF ADDICTION http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,MORE-ON-CRAVINGS-THE-FIRST-MECHANIC-OF-ADDICTION.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Some withdrawl symptoms and cravings are caused by poor nutrition and the vitamin depletion that follows substance abuse.  When the body lacks certain nutrients, it cannot make some of the substances it needs for health and energy, causing a person to feel tired and moody.  Depletion of certain vitamins and minerals can also cause shakiness, muscel tremors and pains. </p><p>Withdrawal symptoms and cravings may also result from the toxins (substances the body sees as poisons) that ac [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol A VIEW OF DRUG ADDICTION FOR THE LAYMAN http://www.findrehabnow.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,A-VIEW-OF-DRUG-ADDICTION-FOR-THE-LAYMAN.html/Itemid,72/ <p>Traditional theories of drug addiction along with the treatment apporaches based on these theories help some addicts.  However, national studies and statistics on results show that the majority of addcits do not successfully overcome drug addiction.  It is not uncommon for an addict who has enrolled into a traditional medical and psychiatric program to be told that only 2% to a high of 10% of the addicts present in that program will make it.  This does not offer much hope to th [...] garysmithccdc@gmail.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100 treatment prescription meds methamphetamin meth heroin drug treatment drug rehab crack cocaine Alcohol Rehab alcohol