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Cocaine Isn’t Addictive to Everyone?

Question by Nate T: Cocaine isn’t addictive to everyone?
Right now I am comming off of Cocaine. I have done it on average of twice a year in the last 6 years I am 24. I have never felt addicted to the drug. I usually dont really want to do it and between each line I don’t really crave for more. I read how addictive it is and study the people in my surroundings. Tonight I did it to kick off a one last time in changing my life and who I associate with. I didn’t want to really because I am on Lexopro for my anxiety and I was afraid the heart rate increace would give me anxiety. It didn’t really. Between lines I watched people crave and jones for more, I didn’t. I never really have. I read how it changes your mind to be ever so addicted to it where even the thought changed the blood flow in your mind. How is it that this powerful drug changes all these peoples minds but doesnt affect mine at all? I dont see myself doing it again, I dont have a craving and never have. It is sad so many people get lost on these drugs.

The Addiction Show With Alcohol & Drug Counseling Institute (ADCSI)


The Addiction Show with Alcohol & Drug Counseling Institute (ADCSI) – The Addiction Show with Alcohol & Drug Studies Institute (ADCSI) Founder Rick Reyes: http://adcsinstitute.com/ http://www.interventioncounselors.com/ Addicti…

 

St. John's plans new policy on alcohol, drug abuse

Filed under: alcohol substance abuse

A new draft policy on drug and alcohol abuse for the City of St. John's takes its cue from oilsands companies. St. John's City Hall. — file photo. Kevin Breen, the city's director of human resources, presented the draft policy to the city's finance … Read more on The Telegram

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Filed under: help for crack addiction

Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not … Read more on About – News & Issues

 

Crack derailed a Toronto doctor's career, cats helped him recover

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Internet and Gaming Addiction From Both the Psychologists and the Kids


Internet and Gaming Addiction from both the Psychologists and the Kids – This video is about Internet and Gaming Addiction from both the Psychologists and the Kids.

 

The Wail of the Kindle Mom

Filed under: addiction psychology

In a recent Psychology Today article headlined “Teens and the Internet: How Much Is Too Much?” one of the … I do have friends whose kid's “personal hygiene” has suffered (according to Dr. Drew, one of the addiction signs to watch out for). But we may … Read more on New York Observer

Controversy Plagues School Mental Health Screening

Controversy plagues school mental health screening

Filed under: effects on drug abuse

Teachers in one South Florida school district screen children as young as kindergarten by filling out a short questionnaire, while students in Minnesota answer anonymous surveys about drug use and depression. In Olympia, Wash., 21,000 students were … Read more on News Sentinel

 

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (GWPH): GW Pharmaceuticals – A Marijuana

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Recovery Weekly – Episode 10 – Cali Estes – the Addiction Coach – 07/15/12


Recovery Weekly – Episode 10 – Cali Estes – The Addiction Coach – 07/15/12 – Recovery Weekly is an interactive, weekly program used to guide you, the family member of an individual with a substance abuse problem, through the process o…

 

How Is It Possible to Absolutely Categorize Alcoholim as a Disease and Not an Illness?

Question by denveryay: How is it possible to absolutely categorize Alcoholim as a disease and not an illness?
“Disease” is a very loosely defined term in many respects. There are multiple disorders, infenctions, and symptoms that can be typical of a definable disease. Also, a disease must have specific and constant cause(s), which in the case of Alcoholism is the CHOICE to drink ethyl-alcohol. The cause of the “disease” is the recurring and disregarding CHOICE to drink. A choice, however pathological or illogical, doesn’t seem to be appropriate as a cause or a condition of any disease. Despite the negative psychological, physiological, and other results of long-term alcohol abuse, it seems that it shouldn’t be classified as anything more than a treatable mental disorder.

Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use


Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use – www.springboardhome.com Preventing drug abuse in teens is much better than having to solve the problem after the addiction has begun. In this video, Tori Fer…

 

New Survey Shows Drug Use Down Among Teens

Filed under: drug abuse in teens

The National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of its 2013 monitoring the future survey. The survey tracks drug trends for eighth, tenth and twelfth graders. Inside the walls of any high school is a tremendous amount of peer pressure … Read more on KEYC

Bay District Schools Launching Drug Counseling Program

Bay District Schools Launching Drug Counseling Program

Filed under: substance abuse counselor

PANAMA CITY – Bay County school district officials are taking a new approach toward students caught with illegal drugs. They're wrapping up negotiations with the Life Management Center to provide drug counseling for students that may have a problem. Read more on WJHG-TV

 

Rehab Counselor Accused Of Sexual Abuse

Filed under: substance abuse counselor

ALBANY—A counselor at St. Mary's Healthcare, Inpatient Addictions Rehab has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a client at the addiction treatment center. John Gaston, 62, has been charged with allegedly sexually abusing a person in his care … Read more on North Country Gazette

Atypical Antipsychotics New Drugs of Abuse

Atypical Antipsychotics New Drugs of Abuse

Filed under: crack addiction treatment

They found that of 429 patients from the detox and rehab units of the Addiction Institute of New York who were screened, 73 (17%) reported illegal or "nonmedical" use of prescribed atypical antipsychotics in combination with alcohol, opioids, cocaine … Read more on Medscape

 

Khloe Kardashian divorce: ''She made a tough decision but now she just feels

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