Rise in number of alcohol and drug addicts over 50

As the number of substance-abuse related treatment admissions for individuals over fifty increases throughout the nation, experts have begun to express their concern over the growing numbers of baby boomers succumbing to alcohol and other substances in order to carryout everyday tasks.

In 2008, one out of every eight individual seeking help for substance abuse was an older adult; implying that their share of treatment admissions had doubled over a sixteen year period while the number of admissions for other age groups had decreased.

Experts studying substance abuse amongst baby boomers believe that this group of individuals seeking help for their addiction has historically high rates of substance abuse that has often been acquired in up to three or four prior decades.

And while the number of treatment-seeking individuals seems to increase in almost every age group, it is unfortunate that only few treatment facilities designated to take in older adults, leaving them forlorn in their lingering battle against substance abuse.

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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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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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Breakthroughs offer hope to millions of people struggling with the disease of drug and alcohol addictions

NEW ORLEANS –  There could be good news on the horizon in  US, as far as drug use is concerned. Louisiana, specially after hurricane Katrina, as well as other cities in US have seen their share of rise in drug use. Now there is hope that new drugs are coming to the market which can prevent and treat addiction. The way these drugs interact with alcohol and drug addiction is that they prevent a drug user from getting any pleasure from using the drugs.


Knowing that the only reason that an alcohol or drug abuser gets involved with drugs is the pleasure he or she receives from those drugs, this could be the breakthrough that can turn the tide in the battle against drug addiction.
The significance of this victory on drug addiction is put in perspective when you realize that the root causes of many crimes from petty theft to gang murders are drug related. One can only imagine the ripple effect of making drug use unappealing to millions of drug addicts, when the real effect of it will be felt by every single one of us.

As important as the consequential effect of reducing drug use is for the society as a whole, the immediate effect of it will be  seen and felt in the lives of many individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Once and for all, the drug and alcohol abusers locked in the vicious circle of addiction, sober life, relapse and back to addiction can get their lives back.
 
Hope can be offered to drug and alcohol addicts, and families can be put back together again.
Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, recently at a conference in New Orleans confirmed that there are vaccines in the works against the powerful addictions of nicotine and cocaine.

These vaccines keep the drugs from getting to the brain thus avoiding the drug user the pleasure offered by those drugs to the users. The good news that she delivered was that the nicotine vaccine is going through the final stage of testing in the next year.  She added that doctors are hard at work developing medications to help those addicted to cocaine and marijuana as well.

According to Dr. Volkow, another breakthrough discovery is the understanding that 50 to 70 percent of one’s vulnerability to become addicted to drugs is determined by the genes one inherits.  This explains why some of us need to self mediate to deal with the daily stresses of life and others can deal with stress without any need for drugs.

Without any doubt, these breakthroughs offer hope to addicts and non-addicts who are affected by the disease of addiction and alcoholism. However, we should be equally aware of the fact that we are not going to solve the drug addiction problem any time soon.  The best we can expect is to reduce the number of addiction cases and prevent new cases of drug addiction by any means possible, including education and medication.

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 addiction 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 Rehab Facilities are Getting Creative, Aggressive and Effective in Treating Individuals with Drug and Alcohol Addiction

It has been many years that drug addiction or alcohol addiction has been correctly labeled as a disease.
As our attitude towards drug and alcohol addiction changed, we as a society became more understanding of the plight of drug addicts and their daily struggle for their addiction recovery.

This changing attitude brought up many different ways of addiction recovery including drug oriented approach such as Suboxone (Semisynthetic Opioid) and Methadone (synthetic opioid developed in Germany in 1937) and non-drug oriented approach like holistic drug addiction recovery or holistic alcohol addiction recovery.

At Cove Center for Recovery, in realizing the many different methods and programs of addiction treatment, and the many different ways that addicted individuals respond to treatment, we apply a combination of therapies.

Our inpatient drug rehab programs deal with addiction, recovery and codependency with the tools of therapy and spirituality. We educate, treat and train men and women inflicted with drug addiction or alcohol addiction, to change their lifestyle in order to first and foremost, break the chain of addiction and just as importantly as treating addiction to reduce the chance of relapse.

The causes of drug addiction or alcohol addiction are different in men and women. Women, for the most part, respond more favorably to treatment of their drug addiction or alcohol abuse when the emotional aspect of their life and lifestyle is factored in their addiction therapy.

Cove Center for Recovery provides gender oriented therapy that addresses special needs of women and men in their journey to drug and alcohol addiction recovery. In reality, when incorporating the underlying causes or issues that contributed to one’s alcohol or drug addiction, the chances of relapse for that person is reduced as well.

Call Cove Center for Recovery and talk to one of our certified drug rehab therapists to find out about our alcohol rehabilitation program, drug rehabilitation program and how they incorporate various proven therapies like the 12 step, cognitive therapy and holistic drug treatment therapy to achieve results.

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