drug addicts

A Smart New Year's Resolution: Learn to Be a Better Friend

A Smart New Year's Resolution: Learn to be a Better Friend

Filed under: drug addiction help recovery

Drug addicts and alcoholics may have “drug buddies” or “drinking buddies,” and sex addicts have acting out (sexual) partners. But addicts are intimacy challenged and avoid closeness, often being isolated except … It… Continue reading →

Why Are Some Drug Addicts Rewarded With “free” Drugs and Others Sentenced to Years in Prison?

Question by ern.ev2u: Why are some drug addicts rewarded with “free” drugs and others sentenced to years in prison?
If drugs are so bad why do so many people take them? Does anyone have the right to tell me what i can or cant do to my own body.… Continue reading →

Survey of Teen Drug Use Released

Survey of Teen Drug Use Released

Filed under: drug addiction

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released its revised 2012 survey, "Monitoring the Future," which questioned 46,733 students in the 8th, 10th and 12th grades about their drug use. For the first time, the survey also includes "bath salts,"… Continue reading →

Prescription Drug Abuse: It's a Problem

Prescription drug abuse: It's a problem

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Prescription drug abuse is a problem everywhere, even here, said Staff Sgt. Alicia Puccia, Fort Benning's Army Substance Abuse Program Prevention NCO. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription opioid analgesics are the most …… Continue reading →

Shouldn’t Criminals Be Rehabilitated Mentally and Psychologically in Jails and Detentions Centers?

Question by Ashley: Shouldn’t criminals be rehabilitated mentally and psychologically in jails and detentions centers?
Not ‘punished’?
We all know punishment doesn’t solve anything. 9 times out of 10 it’ll just make these criminals more hateful, and likely to do worse.
Common sense.
Teddy, that’s terrible. Two wrongs don’t… Continue reading →

Why Does Insurance Only Cover So Little Days for Drug Rehab?

Question by Jenifer: Why does insurance only cover so little days for drug rehab?
My husband was just admitted to Sunrise House in Lafayette,Nj. This is his first time in rehab. It is a 28 days program but the people who work there tell me we will get lucky… Continue reading →