Millions of Americans in Denial About Their Own Drug
Abuse
While millions of Americans habitually smoke pot, drink alcohol,
snort cocaine and swallow prescription drugs, too many drug users
who meet the criteria for needing treatment do not recognize that
they have a problem. The figure of those "in denial" is estimated
at more than 4.6 million--a significantly higher number of individuals
in need of professional help than had previously been thought....
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Rapid Detox - How It Works
Rapid opiate detox involves anesthetizing addicts while they go through the worst
stages of withdrawal from heroin, methadone or opiate-based prescription painkillers.
Proponents have dubbed the five- to eight-hour procedure the "Sleeping Beauty" therapy
for opiate withdrawal, which otherwise is a painful five- to seven-day ordeal.
Besides anesthesia, patients receive drugs to block opiate receptor sites in
the brain, naltrexone to combat craving, and medications to fight nausea, diarrhea
and muscle aches. Most insurers won't pay for the procedure, which costs between
$6,000 and $15,000.
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What We All Need to Know About Drug Addiction
Individuals who struggle with drug addiction do not set out to destroy
themselves and everyone and everything in their path--rather, these
catayclysmic consequences are the effect of the vicious cycle of addiction....
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