Posts Tagged ‘drug rehabs’

Injecting Heroin Doesn’t Handle Heroin Addiction

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Yet another ridiculous study was written in the UK medical journal the Lancet regarding the effectiveness of giving heroin addicts controlled heroin injections.  An Associated Press article stated:

“In a British study of 127 people who previously failed to beat their addiction, scientists gave them either injectable heroin or methadone. After six months, those who got heroin were much less likely to continue taking the drug illegally than those who got methadone.”

Well, let’s see here, when you give someone free heroin, of course they will be less likely to obtain the drug illegally – that’s a no-brainer!!!!  The only good thing about this study is that it showed that methadone is really not very successful at ending opiate drug addiction.

The most successful form of heroin addiction treatment is and always has been a long-term (more than 90 days) drug-free rehabilitation program that is not based on the disease concept and helps former addicts repair damage to their bodies as well.  Unfortunately, there are only a few of these truly effective drug rehabs around.

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Prescription Drug Addiction Trends

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Prescription drug addiction has been increasing at an alarming rate in the U.S. over the last decade, with the major culprits being painkillers, followed by sedatives, tranquilizers and stimulants.  As a result, there are millions of people hooked on drugs like Xanax, Oxycontin and Adderall, flooding addiction treatment centers throughout the country.

One of the biggest problems for drug treatment facilities though has been the fact that many actually contribute to the problem by giving out more drugs to those who are already addicted, as if some new pill will provide a solution for them.

Time and again, we have witnessed that the most successful type of drug rehabs are those that offer long-term, drug-free rehabilitation approaches that do not push the disease theory on addicts.  Advocates for permanent recovery are leading the charge for the non-disease-based movement that doesn’t push more drugs to patients, citing observable results in non-traditional programs and proclaiming that a formal comparison be made between the styles to present to government officials so public funds are no longer being wasted on ineffective measures.

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