addiction treatments

What Support Is There for Family Members of Someone Who Is Going Through Treatment for a Cocaine Addiction?

Question by cream: What support is there for family members of someone who is going through treatment for a cocaine addiction?

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Answer by kameo_44
go to counselling with them and also attend alanon meetings or group meeting at the counselling office their going to. you… Continue reading

Maine House Passes Bill to Add Drug Agents but LePage Threatens Veto

Maine House passes bill to add drug agents but LePage threatens veto
The measure also increases funding to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to enhance drug treatment programs for addicts. The bill, LD 1811, as originally drafted would have added 14 new agents with to the Maine… Continue reading

In a Miscarriage of Justice Women Are Being Sent to Prison for Their Right to

In a Miscarriage of Justice Women Are Being Sent To Prison For Their Right To
According to the medical examiner's autopsy report, the 16-year-old black teen committed murder because he claims to have found traces of a cocaine byproduct (benzoylecgonine) in the dead fetus's blood leading him to rule… Continue reading

Overflowing Alabama Prisons Filled With Drug Offenders? It's Largely a Myth

Overflowing Alabama prisons filled with drug offenders? It's largely a myth
Throw in all drug offenders – a category that includes cocaine possession, drug distribution and trafficking – and the proportion of the inmate population rises to 17 percent. That is in line with the national average for inmates… Continue reading

Weed Use Up, Cocaine Use Down

Weed use up, cocaine use down
MONDAY, March 10, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Americans' use of cocaine fell by half from 2006 to 2010, but marijuana use increased by more than 30 percent during that time, according to a new report. … "Having credible estimates of the number of heavy… Continue reading

Plano's Baylor Hospital Faces Hard Questions After Claims Against Former

Plano's Baylor hospital faces hard questions after claims against former
One patient — his roommate and closest friend — claimed that Duntsch operated on him after a night of using cocaine, which Duntsch denied. The roommate emerged from the surgery a quadriplegic. Yet when Duntsch …. Another Baylor Plano… Continue reading

Why Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatments Fail – Experts Say

Why Alcohol And Drug Addiction Treatments Fail – Experts Say — http://www.truthofaddiction.com Alcohol and drug addiction treatments have found not to be based on science or evidence. The best methods for treating addict…


Baton Rouge police and fire briefs for Feb. 21, 2014
A suspected drug dealer was shot and… Continue reading

Mental Health and Addictions Forum Hits Home

Mental Health and Addictions Forum hits home
Treatment can make an incredible difference." The forum also … Bryenton spoke with emotion about a youth spent addicted to cocaine and the prostitution and crime that led her to be on probation from the time she was 14 until her mid-40s. She… Continue reading

Fort Myers Man's Family Willing to Take Drug Case to Supreme Court

Fort Myers man's family willing to take drug case to Supreme Court
In the early 1990s, Edwards sold the cocaine to an ex-girlfriend turned informant. He has said he was a cocaine addict in need of treatment when he was sentenced. Since entering prison, he has been lauded for his… Continue reading

US Agrees to Medical Checkup for Sick Jailed Russian Pilot After Diplomatic

US agrees to medical checkup for sick jailed Russian pilot after diplomatic
In September 2011, he was found guilty of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the US and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. The United … She is “shocked” at the lack of medical treatment – even in… Continue reading