This research describes the implications of criminalizing drug addiction, for example: crowded prison populations and disparate treatment of minority and disadvantaged groups. This review further investigates alternative methods and policies using evidence-based practice to treat substance addiction such as ...
"It's a crisis here," said Doug Naselroad, who runs a Knott County rehab program for former drug users. The program has about a dozen employees, all recovering addicts. Naselroad takes addicts in and teaches them woodworking, specifically how to build guitars and how t...
while I sat there smirking thinking they were both delusional. She told us she was in a day program and had been for two weeks. She was hoping that at some point we would see she was clean and help her
In the 12-year Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP) followup, major reasons attributed to sustained recovery after treatment included the adoption of more conventional lifestyles and better psychological support systems (Joe, Chastain, Marsh, & Simpson, 1990). The self-reported reasons for change ...
a lack of commitment to sessions in residential treatment and a lack of motivation to become abstinent. Opiate and crack users (OCU) reported extensive offending histories including numerous prison stays whilst those reporting alcohol use or drug use which did not include opiates or crack (ALCNON...
against us is a strong, natural desire to want to believe that we've been fully cured, that we can now handle "just one" or "just once." But just one puff, dip or chew and "do not pass go, do not collect $200." Go directly to the addict's prison and surrender your freedom....
Another change in Wichita Falls State Hospital’s operation came in 1993 when the responsibility for the substance abuse recovery program was removed from the state hospitals and given to the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse…Concern for healthcare costs and methods lead TDMHMR to explore...
20 or even 30 years of sobriety. Only AA (as far as I know) as an INSTITUTION and not a self-help program can help with that. It is cheap (or free if necessary and affordable for any under any financial circumstances. So the “price of entry” as we say in Econ, is very low ...
in a Seattle prison who were all struggling with addiction issues. In a three-month follow-up after their release from prison, those who had taken the meditation course showed significantly less alcohol and drug use than the control group. For example, those who had taken the vipassana course...
Williams adds Australia Day is an important time of reflection for their people. He further adds they have much to celebrate, as a diverse, vibrant contemporary society, actively engaged in world affairs. The Diplomat says people from almost every country on earth have chosen to make Aus...