Category: Drug Treatment

Every so often, a new trend in treatment hits the drug rehab community and sets everyone a buzz – the more controversial, the better. One of the latest has got it all: projectile vomiting, Buddhist monks and a secret tonic. And it’s all in the [...]

In the northwestern United States, in areas such as Washington State, the death toll due to heroin overdose has been rising steadily each year. The drug is being used by more and more people and in more potent forms. In fact, some individuals are dying [...]

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health recently found that nearly 360,000 people in the US are currently dependent on heroin and almost two million admit to abuse of prescription pain medications. Since the two drugs are chemically similar (both are from the highly [...]

The Book of Drugs, a memoir written by Mike Doughty, the lead singer of the indie band Soul Coughing, pulls no punches. The book is aptly named as its contents describe such an excess of drug abuse, from alcohol and pot to heroin, that it [...]

The New York Post estimates that the number of people who die due to a cocaine overdose has dropped by half over the last few years, but researchers are still looking for a way to treat addiction to the substance with medications and vaccines. One [...]

In the 1960s, Jean-Claude Proulx was a priest who took the drug addiction of his parishioners and the drug trade in his neighborhood very seriously. Not one to brush off this community-shattering problem, Proulx was famous – infamous, even – for his efforts in fighting [...]

Kate Middleton is spending her first year of marriage reaching out to populations all over England in the name of the crown. English drug and alcohol addicts were not left out of that equation. In fact, Middleton stopped in at an alcohol-free bar called The [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has introduced a new set of guiding principles for healthcare practitioners to follow in respect to drug-exposed newborns. The organization felt the topic needed a fresh look as the number of infants experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms has risen nearly [...]

The population of jails and prisons around the country has risen a staggering 43 percent over the last decade. The amount of money it takes to maintain these ever-expanding systems is starting to break state budgets around the US. Unfortunately, sometimes lack of money is [...]

You’ve likely heard that addicts need to hit rock bottom before they can benefit from drug rehab. This used to be the school of thought, but now, experts are changing their tune. Why? Because prescription drug addiction has moved in, bringing with it a new [...]