Govt makes notorious 'date rape' drug ketamine harder to buy or sell
Dr Yusuf Merchant has treated 12 teens in his Drug Abuse Information Rehabilitation and Research Centre at Kushivali in the past one year. "Out of the dozen, nine were from Delhi and three from Mumbai. The percentage of girls addicted to it is the same …
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Fear of Dying Alone Drove a Panhandler to Seek Drug Rehabilitation
His fear of dying alone reached a crisis point, and in February 2012, he checked into an inpatient residential treatment program run by the Addicts Rehabilitation Center. During his stay, Mr. Henegan began looking for work, only to discover that his …
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Question by abnjim5: Is Alcoholics Anonymous more effective than Cognitve Behavioral Therapy?
Much debate exists about which model is more effective in treating the problem of drug addiction. Some say AA is the only treatment that “works” while others choose the more human friendly non-religious CBT. AA uses rigid spiritual concepts based on their 12 steps and conducts their AA meetings on strict formats that were written seven decades ago. In AA “labels” like alcoholic are used which still holds a high degree of social stigmatism. Cognitive Behaviour programs like SMART (self-management and rehab treatment) sees substance abuse as a behaviour that can be changed, not a disease. CBT self-help methods are solidly based in comtemporary science and open discussions are encouraged. AA tells it members and “newcomers” that they need to find a higher power or god and relying on “self will” is bad and will lead to relapse.

If you were having problems with drugs, which would you choose for help, AA or CBT?

Best answer:

Answer by synchronicity915
I think it depends on the person.

Answer by dinoduos
AA is a bunch of BULLSH!T its nothing but a bunch of drunks leaning on each other trading one crutch for another you dont need them or a “higher power”its like another form of brainwashing

Price of Addiction: New opioid treatment can work wonders but there are limits …
Methadone is the best-known treatment for managing opioid addiction, both to heroin and prescription painkillers. But it's not the only one or even the most effective for many addicts. Another drug therapy — buprenorphine, which goes under the brand …
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HOWLEY: de Blasio daughter's drug abuse video is what's wrong with young …
De Blasio's daughter Chiara, 19, whose problems were shielded during the campaign while her father cut a popular commercial with her brother, admitted to drug abuse in a cloying Christmastime video that evoked sympathy for her “depression. … “When I …
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Richland company offers drug test kits to parents
Hospitals, government agencies and other companies in the region also provide drug-testing services, whether it's for work place safety or to treat addiction. Chapman-Rosa's sister Shannon Davari works for her, and she routinely kept a test kit at home …
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Question by zack5106: For Brian S., and your argument against same-sex marriage?
You said:
“You prove my point exactly. Many supporters of gay marriage are not even willing to consider someone else’s view. In contrast, homosexuality is a life style choice and should not be given special rights. While homosexuals may be born with homosexual tendencies, they still make an active decision to be gay. There are many other tendencies that people are born with such as alcoholism, drug addiction, etc., that people control and have choice over. These people don’t get special treatment or rights. This is just another tendency that people can embrace or ignore. All people are born with certain tendencies. We can’t begin giving rights to lifestyle choices or the list will never end.”

My only question to you, Brian. Notwithstanding the fact that we are all human and subject to lustful desires. Both Gay AND Straight.
But, let me ask. Is love truly a lifestyle choice, or a tendency?
If you fell in love with a girl, the kind of love thats super-human, super-natural, whos origin could only be found in the heavens above, the kind of love that you would die for someone. Would you call this a lifestyle choice, or an aberrant “tendency,” akin to alcoholism or drug abuse?
What gay people are looking for is acceptance and validity. That the love between two human souls, regardless of gender, is just as deep and just as valid as any love which ever existed between the proverbial “man and woman.”

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Answer by Alexis
The entire issue is this simple:

The Constitution guarantees equal rights. The 14th Amendment spells this out specifically. Same-sex couples are having their Constitutionally-guaranteed equal rights ignored.

Period.

Answer by The Candy Man
Brian’s argument is full of inconsistent reasoning. He is not the moral compass of the world.

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Question by Lola~: Guess what my name means ? :O?
Nida

“National Institute Of Drug Abuse .”

What kind of parents name their fcking child that ?!?! Lls

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Answer by im just an exclamation point
drug users

Answer by i love food
lol

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Question by Liz: I want to be a substance a buse director is the university of phoenix recognized? i just started?
I just started UOP for my Bachelors in Human Services Addiction. I am reading alot of bad reviews yet I am aware every place will have it’s bad reviews it’s up to the student but will my degree be recognized in the substance abuse treatment field? I do plan to volunteer and start now so I can work my way up and have experience once I graduate. I plan on getting my Masters as well I just need some feed back.

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Answer by Judy
UOP overall is not highly regarded. You might be better off getting your degree from a different school.

Answer by jannsody
Unfortunately, U of P is one of those private For-profit schools. Their course credits usually do NOT transfer to other schools, even though the school is regionally accredited as opposed to only nationally accredited.

This site has a lot of negative posts by former students of those for-profit schools, and please heed the students’ warnings: http://www.complaintsboard.com and can search.

Please instead consider the more affordable (and usually more reputable) community college and/or the state-public university as long as the program is accredited within the industry. Just an fyi that “American public university” is a for-profit school.

For U.S. colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Most jobs as a an addiction counselor require a master’s degree and preferably with the CAC (certified addiction counselor) credentials.

General career info: http://www.bls.gov/ooh and can search “substance abuse counselors” or such.

This site has more info re: certification in addiction counseling: http://www.naadac.org/certification

Drug counseling
My admiration and respect and condolences go out to families of those who have died from drug abuse and addiction, as those covered in The Frederick News-Post's “Project lifts those torn by addiction” article on Dec. 11. It's hard for me and everyone …
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Ed4Online Approved to Offer Continuing Education Credits to Addiction …
Education company provides continuing education to substance abuse and addiction counselors. ONLINE (PRWEB) December 05, 2013. Ed4Online is pleased to announce that the Association of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) has recently named the …
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Fighting drug abuse through education
AVERILL PARK – Drug counselors in Averill Park are hoping the remedy for heroin addiction is a mixture of awareness and communication, hence their effort to stem a drug epidemic through education. The challenge, according to drug counselors, is greater …
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Silencing Synapses: Pitt-Led Research Team Finds Hope For Pharmacological …
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse and the German Research Foundation. —. On the Net: University of Pittsburgh · Nature Neuroscience. Source: University of Pittsburgh. Topics: Health …
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Stimulant-addicted patients can quit smoking without hindering treatment
Smokers who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine can quit smoking while being treated for their stimulant addiction, without interfering with stimulant addiction treatment. This is according to new research funded by the National Institute on …
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60% of High School Seniors Do Not Think Marijuana Is Harmful
The children whose experimentation leads to regular use are setting themselves up for declines in IQ and diminished ability for success in life,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in a statement. (MORE: Does …
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