Adult Drug Abuse is on the Rise

New research sheds new light on the increasing rate of drug abuse in America. As adults increasingly participate in the rise of drug abuse, so do the overdoses and the deaths of these adults. The study reported that the rate of overdoses today is ten times higher than the rate in the late 1960s.

This rate increase is not just from the baby boomers and hippies as some would be led to believe, but the rate is higher amongst all age groups. The rate is especially high for white Americans, with this trend on the rise and no appearance of the rate of the drug abuse leveling off any time soon.

This increase or rise of drug abuse among all age groups is said to be accredited to the trend of abusing prescription drugs. These figures and analyzed trends come from the U.S. Census. Compiling these numbers which showed that white men and women are nine times more likely to die from an overdose due to drug abuse in 2005 to 2007 than in the years of 1968 to 1969. Black men and women are three times more likely to die.

Before in the 1960s, the rate of deaths due to drug abuse was 1 in every 100,000 people. In 2007, 15 white women out of every 100,000 died from drug abuse. For black women the rate was 17 out of every 100,000. The rates for black and white men were even larger jumps.

The increasing deaths among these various age groups do not have one cause, however, the abuse of prescription drugs is evident in playing a major role in the rise of these deaths. Abusing prescription medications include painkillers and Vicodin. Which are the most commonly abused prescription drugs. With almost half of Americans taking prescription drugs, the opportunities for these drugs to be abused is increased, which leads to the increase of addiction, all scenarios that come with serious, if not deadly, consequences.

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What is Salvia and is It Legal?

After former Disney star Miley Cyrus emerged on a video, on the celebrity gossip website TMZ.com, allegedly smoking a bong filled with salvia, a lot of people are curious to know, what is salvia? And is it legal?

Native to the lush tropics of Mexico, one of the latest recreational hallucinogens on the drug scene “Salvia” has become yet another dangerous fad amongst teens across the country. Derived from an addition of Salvinorum A, to plants, this recreational drug also known as "diviner's sage" and "magic mint." has been used by the shamans of Mexico for centuries due to its healing and medicinal properties. With user descriptions reminiscent of “as strong as imaginable”, and quick side effects that allow an individual to experience its effects in a matter of minutes, there is no doubt this drug has succeeded in lurking its way in a drug world that for decades has been fighting with the pervasiveness of illegal substances.

The prevalence of Salvia in the drug world has raised many concerns due to its legality. Currently not regulated by U.S federal drug laws, this hot commodity has dangerously become an affordable and surprisingly legal way to currently experience the hallucinogenic effects of other banned drugs. It is currently legal to use Salvia in over 38 states and it is widely available in forms varying from dried leaves and extracts to live plants!

Many researchers have denied the public health risk factors of Salvia and have even reported that it “does not affect the heart rate” nor does it cause “blood pressure changes”. And animal study indicates that the drug is “not addictive”. But the result of several Canadian surveys indicated a large number of Salvia users feared for their safety after experimenting with this hallucinogenic drug. Some individuals even found themselves in life threatening situations after using the drug.

With its long term effects unknown to researchers, we have yet to determine the detrimental results of using this recreational drug and It seems that it is only a matter of time before the use of this newly admired narcotic, available to be purchased online by all its susceptible users, will become more and more prevalent.

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Are There Treatments for Opioid Addiction?

Individuals who abuse or are addicted to prescription opioid medications can be treated. Initially, they may need to undergo medically supervised detoxification to help reduce withdrawal symptoms; however, that is just the first step. Options for effectively treating addiction to prescription opioids are drawn from research on treating heroin addiction. Behavioral treatments, usually combined with medications, have also been proven effective. Currently used medications are:

• Methadone, a synthetic opioid that eliminates withdrawal symptoms and relieves craving, has been used successfully for more than 30 years to treat people addicted to heroin as well as opiates. 
 
• Buprenorphine, another synthetic opioid, is a more recently approved medication for treating addiction to heroin and other opiates. It can be prescribed in a physician’s office. 

• Naltrexone is a long-acting opioid receptor blocker that can be employed to help prevent relapse. It is not widely used, however, because of poor compliance, except by highly motivated individuals (e.g., physicians at risk of losing their medical license). It should be noted that this medication can only be used for someone who has already been detoxified, since it can produce severe withdrawal symptoms in a person continuing to abuse opioids.

• Naloxone is a short-acting opioid receptor blocker that counteracts the effects of opioids and can be used to treat overdoses.
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Opioids Adverse Effects

Opioids are analgesic, or pain-relieving, medications. Studies have shown that properly managed medical use (taken exactly as prescribed) of opioid analgesics is safe, can manage pain effectively, and rarely causes addiction.

Among the compounds that fall within this class are hydrocodone (e.g., Vicodin), oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin—an oral, controlled-release form of the drug), morphine, fentanyl, codeine, and related medications. Morphine and fentanyl are often used to alleviate severe pain, while codeine is used for milder pain. Other examples of opioids prescribed to relieve pain include propoxyphene (Darvon); hydromorphone (Dilaudid); and meperidine (Demerol), which is used less often because of its side effects. In addition to their effective pain-relieving properties, some of these medications can be used to relieve severe diarrhea (for example, Lomotil, also known as diphenoxylate) or severe coughs (codeine).

These medications are only safe to use with other substances under a physician’s supervision. Typically, they should not be used with alcohol, antihistamines, barbiturates, or benzodiazepines. Because these other substances slow breathing, their effects in combination with opioids could lead to life-threatening respiratory depression.

Patients who are prescribed opioids for a period of time may develop a physical dependence on them, which is not the same as addiction. Repeated exposure to opioids causes the body to adapt, sometimes resulting in tolerance (that is, more of the drug is needed to achieve the desired effect compared with when it was first prescribed) and in withdrawal symptoms upon abrupt cessation of drug use. Thus, individuals taking prescribed opioid medications should not only be given these medications under appropriate medical supervision, but they should also be medically supervised when stopping use in order to reduce or avoid withdrawal symptoms. Symptoms of withdrawal can include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps (“cold turkey”), and involuntary leg movements.

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Dual Diagnosis Treatment

Dual diagnosis occurs when an individual has both a mental disorder and an alcohol or drug problem. These conditions occur together frequently. In particular, alcohol and drug problems tend to occur with:
• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Personality disorders

Sometimes the mental problem occurs first. This can lead individuals to use alcohol or drugs that make them feel better temporarily. Sometimes the substance abuse occurs first. Over time, that can lead to emotional and mental problems.

To get better, an individual with a dual diagnosis must treat both conditions. First, the individual must go for a period of time without using alcohol or drugs. This is called detoxification. The next step is rehabilitation for the substance problem and treatment for the mental disorder. This step might include medicines, support groups and therapy.

There is a growing number of model programs. Support groups are an important component of these programs. Individuals support each other as they learn about the negative role that alcohol and drugs has had on their lives. They learn social skills and how to replace substance use with new thoughts and behaviors. They get help with concrete situations that arise because of their brain disorder (mental illness).

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Alcoholism Treatment

There are many types of alcohol addiction treatment. Treatment types are determined by the individual's level of use and other mental health and medical issues.

Detoxification, short-term and long-term rehabilitation, intensive outpatient programs, 12-step programs and individual, family and group therapy are all forms of alcohol addiction treatment. Some types of treatment such as detoxification may last one week whereas other such as long-term, residential alcoholism treatment can last 30 days or longer.

Each type of alcohol addiction treatment has its own advantages. Including family and friends in the individual’s alcoholism treatment is critical to success, so a good alcohol rehab includes family  and friends in their addiction therapy programs . Detoxification might be needed if the individual  is heavily dependent on alcohol.

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Treatment for Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription medications such as pain relievers, central nervous system (CNS) depressants (tranquilizers and sedatives), and stimulants are highly beneficial treatments for a variety of health conditions. Pain relievers enable individuals with chronic pain to lead productive lives; tranquilizers can reduce anxiety and help patients with sleep disorders; and stimulants help people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focus their attention. Most people who take prescription medications use them responsibly. But when abused—that is, taken by someone other than the patient for whom the medication was prescribed, or taken in a manner or dosage other than what was prescribed—prescription medications can produce serious adverse health effects, including addiction.

Available options for effectively treating addiction to prescription drugs depend on the medication being abused.

Approaches to treating teen pain reliever addiction are drawn from research on treating heroin addiction, and include medications combined with behavioral counseling. Promising new approaches include depot or long-acting formulations of medications with effects that last for weeks instead of hours or days. This approach with the opioid blocker naltrexone is showing remarkable promise in clinical trials for heroin addiction-increasing abstinence, treatment retention, and decreasing craving.

Although no medications yet exist to treat addiction to CNS depressants or to prescription stimulants, behavioral therapies proven effective in treating prescription drug addiction.

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Risks of Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs

Opioids (used to treat pain):• Addiction. Prescription opioids act on the same receptors as heroin and therefore can be highly addictive. People who abuse them sometimes alter the route of administration (e.g., snorting or injecting vs. taking orally) to intensify the effect; some even report moving from prescription opioids to heroin.

• Overdose. Abuse of opioids, alone or in combination with alcohol or other drugs, can depress respiration and lead to death. Overdose is a major concern: the number of fatal poisonings involving prescription pain relievers has more than tripled since 1999.

• Heightened HIV risk. Injecting opioids increases the risk of HIV and other infectious diseases through use of unsterile or shared equipment.

CNS Depressants (used to treat anxiety and sleep problems): • Addiction and dangerous withdrawal symptoms. These drugs are addictive and, in chronic users or abusers, discontinuing them absent a physician's guidance can bring about severe withdrawal symptoms, including seizures that can be life-threatening.

• Overdose. High doses can cause severe respiratory depression. This risk increases when CNS depressants are combined with other medications or alcohol.

Stimulants (used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy): • Addiction and other health consequences. These include psychosis, seizures, and cardiovascular complications.

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Comorbidity Discussions in the Addiction and Mental Health Circles

An important topic of discussions among Patients, families and healthcare professionals has been comorbidity of ADHD and drug abuse and the causes of each and their effects on each other. Comorbidity is described as when two disorders or illnesses occur in the same person, simultaneously or sequentially. Also, interactions between the illnesses that affect the course and prognosis of two simultaneous or sequential disorders also are described as comorbidity.

It has been known for years that there is co-occurring illnesses with drug addiction. In many cases drug and alcohol addicts suffer from HIV, hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease and even cancer. It is not to say that drug addiction or alcoholism brings about, for example, HIV. But the fact that HIV is present in many hardcore drug addicts and abusers compels the health care professional to look for the other when one of these illnesses is present.

NIDA has put disease comorbidity on its top research priority, hoping to provide the needed information to states and the science community in general. In one report, NIDA has specifically focused on comorbidity of drug use disorders (abuse or dependence) and other mental illnesses.

One such area that the presence of comorbidity has been documented is in the sequential occurrence of childhood ADHD and the presence of drug abuse later in life. Even though studies have pointed to comorbidity of childhood ADHD and drug abuse, many suggest that only a subset of children with ADHD will develop drug addiction in later life.

In order to highlight the importance of understanding comorbidity, one can point to the fact that, for example, once comorbidity between ADHD and drug use disorders is established, then the next step could be determining if  effective treatment of ADHD at childhood will result in prevention of subsequent drug abuse and its associated behavioral problems later in life.

Another benefit in understanding illnesses comorbidity is answering the question of whether high prevalence of comorbidity between two disorders means that one caused the other, even if one appeared first. In case of drug abuse and ADHD, it was proven that neither is the cause of the other.

Another example is comorbid drug use disorder and mental illness. Once this relation was established, the drug and alcohol treatment centers included both disorders in their treatment plans.

In conclusion, understanding the comorbidity of diseases such as addiction and mental health issues provide us with important clues to understand those diseases and to make advances in treating them.

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Are We Winning the Fight Against Drug Addiction?

In the fight against drug abuse and drug addiction, there have been several medications, such as methadone and Suboxone that have been proven effective.

However, unfortunately with the skyrocketing number of addiction cases, the clinics which offer these medications do not have enough available slots to help all in the area who need them. Combining this fact with another statistics that only 10% of addicts seek help, you can get the picture how urgently we need a substantially revised drug addiction prevention and treatment plan. This new plan needs to include all available resources, from the government and the private sector, all the way to the family unit in order to be successful.

By now we know that government money alone cannot solve the ills of the nation. Any urgent national problem should be considered and understood as urgent by the citizens of a society as well as the government of that society. We have poured billions of government dollars in drug addiction treatment and can show very little for it. Time has come to ask for value in return for the money we are spending. We need to identify the best resources for the solution to drug addiction problem and we need to have a way to measure our success. There should be some form of partnership between the government and the private sector to bring this out of control epidemic, at least under control in the short run, and perhaps reduce it to the status of "annoying issue" in the long run. It would be naïve to think there would be a day that drug addiction is completely eliminated. Like any other human vice, addictions have been part of human nature and will stay with us. Our best hope is to make it into a seldom occurring treatable disease.

In this scenario we may be able to eliminate the incidents of neonatal intensive care units treating drug-affected babies who are sick from the drug use of their mothers. We can decrease crimes related to drug use, the number of violent crimes and drug-related traffic accidents. We can reduce the incidents of 14 or 15 year olds invading their parent’s medicine cabinets to get their hands on prescription drugs. These are measurable results which if achieved can save us, as a nation, more than dollars. Achieving these results enhances the quality of life for a whole society.We need to address the American drug addiction problem with American drug addiction solutions that takes into account our specific national issues affecting this problem.

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Heroin Addiction and Treatment

Heroin is a highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is typically sold as a white or brownish powder, or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin.” Although purer heroin is becoming more common, most street heroin is “cut” with other drugs or with substances such as sugar, starch or powdered milk.

Heroin can be injected, smoked, or sniffed/snorted. High purity heroin is usually snorted or smoked. Heroin abusers report feeling a surge of euphoria or "rush," followed by a twilight state of sleep and wakefulness.

One of the most significant effects of heroin use is addiction. Because it enters the brain so rapidly, heroin is both psychologically and physically addictive. With regular heroin use, tolerance to the drug develops. Once this happens, the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the same intensity. As higher doses of heroin are used over time, physical dependence and addiction to the drug develop. Physical symptoms of heroin use include drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea, a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and heavy extremities. Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death. The effects of a heroin overdose are slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and possible death.

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Our addiction treatment - drug rehabilitation also includes assistance with post-drug conditions including anxiety, depression, panic and stress related conditions. Our experience has led us to believe it is just as important to correct the imbalances in life caused by recreational drug use or other addictive behaviors. So we adopt a mind, body and spirit approach to rehab treatment, so our clients are more likely to leave with a sense of purpose and positive outlook on their future after addiction.

We understand the feelings our clients have and we help them realize that there is definitely life and opportunities after addiction.

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Faces of drug addiction

Drug addiction in America has many faces. An addict could be a star athlete making millions a year and spending thousands in one sitting on his recreational drug use. An addict on the other hand, could be a mother of small children living in the suburbs, suffering from chronic pain and in need of prescription drug. 

Both of these two diverse people could be abusing the prescription drug, one by abusing it and the second by using it. Both have a problem and both need to address their drug dependency issue. Both can drive under the influence and be a danger to themselves and to others.  As unlikely that it might seem on the surface, both could get involved and statistically speaking, are getting involved with illegal activities and suffer its consequences.

According to Law enforcement officers and social workers at our jails, the majority of the crime in the last few years is directly related to opiate use and abuse.

The illicit drug use has increased the number of violent crimes, drug-related traffic accidents and not mentioning the overdoses and drug related deaths.

Another segment of drug addicts are the teens as young as 14 years old. By some accounts some of these teens find their drug of choice by the age of 16. These are the kids that mostly obtain their drugs from their parent’s or their friend’s parent’s medicine cabinets.

This last group of prescription medication drug addicts, are more prone to violent crime than the two previous groups, the ones who need the drug but over dose and the one who uses the prescription drug recreationally.

Locking up medicine cabinets and properly disposing of unused prescription drugs can help the teen group of abusers, but for the most part, all other prevention and intervention programs should be directed to all these groups of drug users.

There are various places that people suffering from addiction can find help. Places like Al-Anon meetings for family and friends, AA (Alcoholic Anonymous) and NA (Narcotic Anonymous) meetings for users.

There also effective drug addiction treatment programs for inpatients and outpatients at various private rehabilitation facilities which deal with mental and social side of drug addiction. Some of these facilities specialize in treating addictions with dual diagnosis.

If you have come across this article is because you or someone you love is in need of help for an prescription drug abuse. Cove Center for Recovery is an Addiction Treatment Center offering a premier prescription drug abuse treatment program that can help you or your loved one. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to their prescription drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

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Prescription pain medication addiction epidemic

Prescription pain medications, such as Vicodin (hydrocodone), Percocet (oxycodone), OxyContin, methadone, morphine and Dilaudid,  are similar in nature to hard core street drug, heroin. All these drugs fall into the category of opiates.

Prescription drug abuse has become increasingly more serious in all parts of the US. School kids are using prescription drugs at an alarming rate and contrary to the popular belief these kids are from seemingly well off families with stable family environment.

Urban drug abuse is baffling police and school authorities alike. The complication in confronting prescription drug abuse is due to the fact that, for the most part, these drugs exist in regular households with legitimate need. It is hard to demonize something that is legal and moral to obtain.

It is equally difficult to ban the usage of a substance when there are legitimate and proven benefits in its usage. Further complicating the issue is that not all addicted to these opiates are kids or people who are using them recreationally.

Some addictions to prescription drugs may have started by those in need of pain medication through simple increase of dosage or increase in frequency of usage. The approach to these types of addicts should be addressed differently than the 14 or 15 year old high school kid abusing Vicodine to get high with his or her friends.

Having said all that, just because there are good reasons for the existence of a product, the misuse or abuse of that product should not be justified, ignored or its dangers underestimated. Prescription drug abuse is not a new phenomenon; it has existed for years and has been getting worse every year. Whatever the government, media or parents have been doing so far does not seem to be working. It is time to retool and re-plan this battle against drug abuse in general, and prescription drug abuse specifically.

The cost of addiction to prescription drugs is affecting all of us. We pay through our taxes and pay socially for every drug addict in our society.  It is estimated that in Somerset County, Maine, prescription drugs are the primary drugs of choice and 43.2 percent of the population known to be addicted to some sort of substance.

The health care cost alone, for people seeking treatment in Maine is $22.3 million per year. Last year alone, the legal costs, costs of Department of Health and Human Services workers plus the cost of treatment for addiction for state of Maine was $898.4 million. This was what only the state of Maine spent on drug addiction last year. That is $682 per every resident of Maine. One can only imagine the high cost of drug addiction for the other states and for the US in total.

Cost alone, especially in these tough economic times, could be the primary force behind a comprehensive and sustained drug treatment policy. On the private side, there are many effective drug addiction treatment centers. These rehab facilities as they are called, cumulatively, play a positive role in solving this national problem.

We should start effective drug addiction prevention and result oriented treatment that is available to every addict seeking to clean up his or her life and start a productive life.

Nine years ago things were different. Prescription Drug was not the major reason for  a drug addict to check in to a rehab facility. Nowadays most  treatment centers across the country have added this new specialty to their treatment programs. There are special programs in place in many good drug rehab facilities dealing specifically with prescription drug abuse. Two such facilities are Inspirations for Youth  and Families, a teen rehab center, catering to 12 to 18 year old and Cove Center for Recovery, an adult rehab center for individuals 18 year old and up.

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Fake Pot - K2 Will Be Finally Banned in US for a Year

On November 24, 2010, Drug Enforcement Administration officials, finally imposed a nationwide ban to the "legal weed", K2, due to the alarming rise in reported abuse. Also known as Spice the herbal blend has been sold in small, silvery plastic bags of dried leaves and marketed as incense that can be smoked. Easy available at convenience stores and specialty shops K2 mimics the effects of marijuana and has gained alarming popularity for such copycat abilities.

The ban is to take effect in the next 30 days or so and it will make illegal for at least a year to sell or possess products containing the five chemicals found in K2. Some 15 states already have banned some or all "legal high" products. When the waiting period expires, sale or possession of the substances will be a federal crime.

"Legal high" products claim to be mixtures of herbs that can be smoked for a psychedelic effect. But the herbs listed on the package label often are missing from the actual product. Instead, the product contains a leafy mixture that is spiked with a designer drug -- usually one of the five drugs listed by the DEA. The same product often is spiked with different doses of different drugs, making it impossible for users to know what they are taking.

Unlike cannabis, which has been used by humans for millennia, the new synthetic marijuana have never been tested in humans.
Street Names: Bliss, Black Mamba, Bombay Blue, Fake Weed, Genie, Nice, Guy, Oasis, Spice, Zohai

Ingredients: Beach Bean, White and Blue Water Lily, Rosehip, Blue Lotus

Mean Chemical Ingredient: JWH-018

Methods of AbuseK2 products are usually smoked in joints or pipes, but some users make it into a tea.

Effect on the MindPsychological effects are similar to those of marijuana and include paranoia, panic attacks, and giddiness.

Effect on the BodyPhysiological effects of K2 include increased heart rate and increase of blood pressure. It appears to be stored in the body for long periods of time, and therefore the long-term effects on humans are not fully known.

K2  has become a highly problematic substance among young adults.

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What is the Difference Between Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse?

Alcohol abuse is a pattern of drinking that results in harm to one’s health, interpersonal relationships, or ability to work
According to National Surveys Manifestations of alcohol abuse include the following:- Failure to fulfill major responsibilities at work, school, or home
- Legal problems related to alcohol, such as being arrested for drinking while driving or for physically hurting someone while drunk
- Drinking in dangerous situations, such as drinking while driving or operating machinery
- Long-term alcohol abuse can turn into alcohol dependence
- Continued drinking despite ongoing relationship problems that are caused or worsened by drinking

Dependency on alcohol, also known as alcohol addiction and alcoholism, is a chronic disease. The signs and symptoms of alcohol dependence include:
- A strong craving for alcohol
- Continued use despite repeated physical, psychological, or interpersonal problems
- The inability to limit drinking

At Cove Center for Recovery, we approach alcoholism or alcohol dependency as a medical condition and our addiction treatment programs focuses on remission through abstinence. The extended care addiction treatment program at Cove Center for Recovery is intended as an extension of a primary treatment program or detoxification process.

We will assist the client in identifying and addressing the underlying neurological, psychological and spiritual factors that cause and maintain alcoholism. Our overarching objective at Cove Center for Recovery, Addiction Treatment Center, is to enable our clients to embark on a journey of self-sustainable recovery in order to minimize or prevent the occurrence of relapse.

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Self Injury, SI Behaviors, Cutting Behavior Problems and Treatment

Self-harm is a problem that many people are embarrassed or ashamed to discuss. Often, individuals try to hide their self-harm behaviors and are very reluctant to seek needed psychological or even medical treatment.

Psychological Treatments for Cutting BehaviorsBecause self-harm is often associated with other psychological problems, it tends to be treated under the umbrella of a co-occurring disorder like PTSD, substance abuse, or borderline personality disorder. There is evidence, however, suggesting more improvement when the self-harming behavior is the primary focus of treatment. A randomized controlled trial looked at the effects of adding a short cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention focused on self-harm to treatment as usual in a sample of self-harmers. Treatment as usual included medications or psychotherapy not specific to self-harm. The group that received the self-harm CBT showed a significant reduction in self-harming behaviors, as compared to the group receiving only treatment as usual.

Pharmacological Treatments for Cutting BehaviorsIt is possible that psychopharmacological treatments would be helpful in reducing self-harm behaviors, but this has not yet been rigorously studied. As yet, there is no consensus regarding whether or not psychiatric medications should be used in relation to self-harm behaviors. This is a complicated issue to study because self-harm can occur in many different populations and co-occur with many different kinds.

Most people with deep emotional pain or distress need to work with a counselor or mental health professional to sort through strong feelings, heal past hurts, and to learn better ways to cope with life's stresses. Although cutting can be a difficult pattern to break, it is possible. Getting professional help to overcome the problem doesn't mean that a person is weak or crazy.

Getting Help NowThere are better ways to deal with troubles than cutting — healthier, long-lasting ways that don't leave a person with emotional and physical scars. The first step is to get help with the troubles that led to the cutting behavior in the first place.

Inspirations for Youth and Families and Cove Center for Recovery's therapists and counselors are trained to help people discover inner strengths that help individuals heal. These inner strengths can then be used to cope with life's other problems in a healthy way.

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How Do Drugs Work in the Brain?

Drugs tap into the brain's communication system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information.

Drugs work in the brain by:
Imitating natural neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain). Because of the similarity in chemical structure between drugs and neurotransmitters naturally produced by the brain, some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, are able to "fool" the brain's receptors and activate nerve cells to send abnormal messages via the network.

Overstimulating the reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. And nearly all drugs of abuse, directly or indirectly, activate this system. Some drugs, particularly stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, cause nerve cells to release abnormally large amounts of natural neurotransmitters or prevent their normal recycling, which is needed to shut off the signal between neurons.

If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

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Meth: Spreading Addiction

When most people think of a meth addict, they picture the stereotypical meth user. A strung out, unhealthy, thin, unstable, low income person, possibly with a criminal record. However, the drug, meth, is spreading and people contradictory to the stereotypical user are becoming addicted. This new trend has been brought to the attention of police officials. Police see this up rising trend in cases like, a fifty year old mother of two arrested for cooking meth. She did not look malnourished, strung out, or straggly. 

The increase of examples like the one above is creating a large concern for law enforcement. They believe that from the increase of unusual meth users, shows that meth addiction, use, and production is crossing social and economic lines. The prediction is that the trend will heavily impact urban areas, specifically the African-American community.  One of the beliefs of the change in trend from rural white demographic to urban communities is because originally meth was in rural areas to hide the smell that is created when meth is cooked. Now though, law enforcement is finding, meth labs in upscale homes and a shake version of meth which can be made in SUVs. This shake and bake method of producing meth is even more dangerous than producing the drug in a meth lab. The ingredients are highly flammable.

Meth is crystal methamphetamine which is a strong addictive illegal substance. On the street it is also known as meth, glass, crank, speed, tweak, and yaba. The side effects of meth abuse consist of irreversible brain damage, addiction, overdose, death, severe weight loss, rotten teeth, blackened gums, skin and muscle damage, anxiety, aggression, paranoia, and irritability.

If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

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Drug Use is Spreading Out of Control

The popular trend of recreational drug use has been on the rise for years now. Drug addiction has naturally risen in conjunction with the rising trend. Some people believe that substance abuse is such a problem, that now addicts will stop at nothing to get their fix. Analysts report that when something or someone tries to intervene with a person who’s addicted to a substance from obtaining that substance; the users are likely to lash out, becoming enraged with anger and aggression.  This leads to prohibitionists fighting for the ban on drugs.
Prohibitionist report that they want sobriety. That they stand for the ban against drug and substance abuse in order to reduce danger with in their communities. The support that by banning illegal drugs will reduce this danger and save lives. However opponents to the prohibitionists argue that if the true goal of these prohibitionists were to reduce this danger they speak of and save lives, why not focus on the two deadliest substances in the world; alcohol and tobacco. Instead the prohibitionists focus their efforts on trying to ban mepehedrone, and prescription drugs.  Alcohol is responsible for 40,000 deaths a year and tobacco is responsible for which kills 80,000 people a year.  There are even more deaths from people consuming peanuts than dying from mepehedrone. The cause of the prohibitionist would be more credible if their efforts were redirected. However, the two opponents disagree, they do agree that drug addiction and substance abuse is becoming out of control. Just criminalizing the drugs are not enough.

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Alarming Increase in Prescription Pain Medication Abuse

According to figures from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration there has been a 400 percent increase in prescription painkiller abuse treatment in 10 years. The admissions for treatment for prescription drugs abuse such as Oxycodone, Hydrocodone and morphine cut across age, education, employment, race, and geography. 9.8  percent of the hospital admissions for substance abuse in 2008 involved painkillers which showed an increase of 2.2 percent from 1998.This increase was much higher than the increase in treatment admission rates for methamphetamine (doubled), and increase in marijuana abuse rate (half).The hospital admission rate due to prescription drug abuse was specially high for people aged 18 to 24 (13.7 percent of all admissions) in 2008, compared with 1.5 percent in 1998.

SAMHSA's Peter Delany, who oversaw production of the report calls this “a true public health problem". He said "Those are our employed people, making big decisions about life — Am I going to get married? What am I going to do for a living? What's my next job?"

SAMHSA also reports that more than 6 million Americans admitted to abusing prescription drugs in the month before they were surveyed, while 15.2 million said they used marijuana in the same time frame.

According to Thomas McLellan, deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy said painkiller prescriptions increased between 700 to 1,000 percent over the 10 years. McLellan believes the reason is simply due to the increased availability. Fifty-six percent of the patients got their drugs from a friend or relative for free, and about 9 percent purchased them from an acquaintance.

Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy called the spikes in prescription drug abuse rates “dramatic, pervasive, and deeply disturbing”

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West Virginia is one of the states with heavy use of prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons

Prescription drug abuse in West Virginia
Nationally, drug addiction and alcohol addiction are wreaking havoc with family’s lives.

Unintentional fatal drug overdoses nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004 and were the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States in 2004, behind only automobile crashes, according to the Centers for Disease Control. *

The present state of affairs show that there were 6.4 million or 2.6% Americans using prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs nonmedically in the past month. Of these, 4.7 million used pain relievers. Current nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs among young adults aged 18-25 increased from 5.4% in 2002 to 6.3% in 2005. The past year, nonmedical use of psychotherapeutic drugs has increased to 6.2% in the population of 12 years or older with 15.172 million persons, second only to marijuana use and three times the use of cocaine. Parallel to opioid supply and nonmedical prescription drug use, the epidemic of medical drug use is also escalating with Americans using 80% of world’s supply of all opioids and 99% of hydrocodone. **

With all these statistics, it is easy to ignore the high local drug addiction statistics in states and cities. One of those states with high drug addiction, specifically high prescription drug addiction is West Virginia.

There were around 250,000 West Virginians in 2005 using prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons in 2005 and earlier this year, West Virginia was named the most medicated state in a study by Verispan, a health care information company. 

According to the report, the state filled 17.7 prescriptions per capita, more than six prescriptions over the national average of 11.5 prescriptions per capita.  While this figure does not necessarily mean these prescriptions are being filled for abuse, it does mean there are a lot of prescription drugs available.

The National College Health Assessment from 2008 reported that 8.6 percent of college students had reported using prescription drugs for nonmedical use the previous year.  A majority of those who reported abuse of prescription drugs said they had gotten the drugs from the medicine cabinets of family or friends, not physicians.

Recently, the city of Huntington has joined the Take Back initiative to try to fight this problem.  The initiative encourages people to remove prescriptions not being used from their homes to help fight abuse.
The state government has also been taking measures to fight prescription drug abuse.  During this past legislative session, a bill was passed creating the West Virginia Official Prescription Program Act.  The act helps to fight against falsely obtained prescriptions.

Prescription drug abuse is a problem all over US.  The key to fighting it begins with us, in our own neighborhood and in our own state.  It is our responsibility to encourage our government officials and legislators to do everything possible to lead us not only in fighting this abuse, but preventing  the future abuse of prescription drugs, as well.

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Rhode Island has the highest rate of illicit drug use according to national survey conducted in 2006 and 2007

In a survey conducted in 2006-2007, the state of Rhode Island showed the highest rate of illicit drug use among people of 12 and older. Rhode Island is also among six states that saw significant increases in illicit drug use since the previous survey, in 2005 to 2006 among those ages 12 to 25. That’s according to a new state-by-state analysis of substance abuse and mental illness patterns released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA per the survey conducted in 2006 and 2007. The data, drawn from face-to-face interviews with 135,672 people from around the country, found wide variations among the states. For example, while 12.5 percent of Rhode Islanders reported illicit drug use, the rate was only 5.2 percent among Iowans. Respondents were asked whether they had used illegal drugs within the previous month, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants and certain prescription medications if taken for nonmedical reasons.

According to Craig Stenning, director of the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, which oversees substance-abuse treatment, Rhode Island was also ranked number one for illicit drug use in the previous survey, conducted in 2005 and 2006. Stenning, who founded and directed a drug-treatment agency before he entered state government believes that Rhode Island located between Boston and New York, the easy availability of drugs and the urban environment are the contributing source to drug abuse. He believes that part of the problem is easy access and shorter distance to travel to acquire drugs in Rhode Island, as opposed to having to travel for 20 to 30 miles in mid west, the reason for higher incidents of drug use in Rhode Island. He makes the point to say that drug treatment is available to those who need and make the effort to get it, but denial and stigma are the big obstacles to addiction treatment. Thanks to a federal grant the state’s substance-abuse treatment centers have weathered the budget crisis, and last year some 14,000 people obtained drug-abuse treatment in state-licensed centers, he said.

When it comes to alcohol use, Rhode Island had the highest rate of people 12 or older who said to have had an alcoholic beverage within the past month (63.1 percent, compared with 51 percent for the nation and 56 percent for the Northeast).

Rhode Island had the highest rate of drinking alcohol among people aged 12 to 17 who said had a drink within the previous month ( 21.6 percent, compared with 16.2 percent for the nation and 18.2 percent for the Northeast).

Another dark statistics on alcohol addiction was that Rhode Island ranked sixth (slightly slightly higher rate than the nation) for binge drinking –– having five or more drinks on one occasion in the previous 30 days.
Rhode Island displayed high incidents of major depression as well per the survey that asked if they had an episode of major depression within the previous month ( ranking 20th with 7.9 percent).
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Drug Addiction is a Disease

We have heard it, read it, and may even told others this fact. But do the majority of people really believe this? I am not talking about those who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but the general public with no addiction problem.

It seems that more people are grasping the idea that drug addiction is a disease as there has been an increase in getting people involved and educating them by presenting studies done throughout the years supporting this fact.

Recently there was a conference in Pikeville College in Pikeville, Kentucky on drug addiction and the way it should be treated. More than one hundred people, including teachers, students and the general public, attended this event to learn about drug addiction as a disease. The presentation was put on by UNITE Pike, the Substance Abuse Task Force and Pikeville Medical Center. The focus was on drug addiction as a disease.

Samantha Saracino, a reporter writing for Wymtnews.com, wrote “it is no secret that drug addiction is a problem in this area, but after listening to the presentation, people learned that it is a problem everywhere and it is something that needs to be treated in a specific way.”

It was obvious based on her report that the consensus among all who attended was that the education was necessary and useful in giving them direction on how to fight drug addiction problem in the community.

Barry Chaney, UNITE Pike Chairperson was concerned about the fact that there are still many who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction and hide their addiction thinking it is a moral deficiency as opposed to a disease which it truly is.

A teacher attending the conference emphasized the importance of events like that one for those interacting with children. Mich Justice who teaches at Belfry High School was satisfied that these educational events prepares teachers to recognize teens involved with drug abuse, how to deal with it and how to do their part to prevent it.

But one important comment came from one of the speakers at the event, Dr. Burns M. Brady, who said: "Wrong explanations, so many wrong treatments, so many things that don't work. It's an extremely prevalent problem and we've really garbled some of the best treatment and explanation for the problem."

There is merit in what Dr. Brady said. There are many drug rehabilitation facilities in America. Drug rehab facilities do not provide the same treatment program for addicts.

As far as finding a treatment facility is concerned, it is important for anyone looking for drug rehabilitation facilities to do his or her homework and find the facility based on research.

Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center Centers offer a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Their addiction treatment program focus on treating the whole person and not just an isolated symptom. Their counselors and therapist work one on one with each patient to identify the factors that may have contributed to the drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. They also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

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Alcohol and Drug Addiction Programs

Substance abuse seems to peak with hardship and hardships result in stress. It is the hardship and the accompanied stress that had been a major contributor to alcohol and/or drug use and finally addiction.

Addiction has been known for years to be a chronic illness like heart disease and asthma. To treat addiction a multi-approach program needs to be in place. A comprehensive addiction treatment program can include medication to suppress drug cravings plus counseling and behavioral therapies.

Patients suffering from drug addiction who have developed additional medical or psychiatric problems require hospitalization in a drug rehab center and a period of drug detoxification, generally referred to as detox as the first step to an addiction treatment.

Short term, 30 to 90 day residential addiction treatment centers that specialize in treatment of drug addiction, alcoholism, and dual diagnosis of multiple issues are the next option in drug addiction treatment.

The third program which is helpful to those struggling with long term addiction and multiple relapses is the long term residential addiction treatment centers with highly structured addiction treatment programs offering 24 hour a day care, with an average stay of 6 to 12 months. This program is in place to teach people how to return to a drug-free lifestyle.

A less structured program called outpatient addiction treatment program, provides individual or group counseling and family therapy to those who are employed and cannot afford time off from work. People in this program need to have adequate social support systems to keep them focused and motivated for a successful treatment.

Self-help, support groups, and peer-to-peer addiction recovery support programs such as Nar-Anon, Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous include 12-step programs and peer counseling provide another choice for addiction treatment.

Professional people experience daily stress, more so during hard economic times. Public safety workers that routinely put their lives at risk to save others also go through stressful daily life. These groups of individuals when suffering from addiction require customized addiction treatment programs that address their time limitation and their need for privacy.
Stress in the family life such as marital problems, illness, death and even financial problem could lead to alcohol or drug abuse and addiction too. Some addiction treatment programs combine addiction treatment therapy with family therapy for a comprehensive approach in the treatment of drug and alcohol disease.

At Cove Center For Recovery you can find personalized drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs for young adults. adults and professionals with limited time for therapy sessions.

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Texas Authorities worried about Heroin Related Violence on the Streets

Most of us have heard at one point or another that drugs are dangerous. Usually when we think about the dangers of substance abuse, we think of the physical and psychological effects drug abuse has on the user. Well in Texas, authorities are worried about heroin drug use, not just because of the side effects for the drug user, but for the amount of crimes that seem to correlate to abusing heroin.

In Texas heroin is an illegal substance that is easily available in its two popular forms. Heroin is not produced in Texas, but is imported from four primary sources, with Mexico leading the trend. Heroin is being distributed through local gangs. This drug is creating violence in Texas. These gangs will stop at nothing to ensure their distribution business, including murder. Because of the violence, communities are becoming less safe and innocent people are being victimized. Heroin users are committing property crimes and theft in order to obtain money to fuel their heroin addiction. When the abusers of heroin need another dose to continue their high, they become desperate and will commit actions contrary to their character just to obtain that high they are craving. First usually, addicts will try to steal from family members, then valuable items will slowly start to disappear around the house such as jewelry that is not worn often, electronics, and prescriptions drugs. Prescription drugs can be used to barter considering that they themselves hold a high street value, usually amounting to more than the price of crack and some heroin.

If you have found our article you or someone you love may be in need of addiction treatment. Cove Center for Recovery to offers a sound addiction treatment program and recovery approach that will not only allow the addict to encounter their personal painful emotions but will also teach them skills necessary to handle their own destructive views and behaviors.

It is very important for addicts to understand where their damaging thoughts and harmful habits are caused by. That's where most drug rehab centers are different. Some rehabilitation centers concentrate mainly on the individual’s negative behavior and do not offer more focus on exactly what actually brings about their depression and distorted thinking.

The most effective addiction treatment program is one that allows the recovering addicts to address their pain and express their feelings. Whether looking for drug addiction treatment in Texas or elsewhere in United States you should consider Cove Center for Recovery Addiction Treatment Programs and Therapies. Cove Center for Recovery Addiction Treatment Center moves a stride further by allowing the addicts to direct their valid feelings toward a far more resourceful approach.

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