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Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession 2008-07-27 09:10:15 Since the Reagan era, the United States government has not played around when it comes to regulating possession or illegal substances. Heroin, opium, morphine and many others are all generally illegal for individuals to possess, unless you have a prescription and that was only in the case of morphine, a rare occurrence. Criminal
penalties first came about in 1909 with the passage of the Smoking Op Read more:Possession
The First Drug Laws 2008-07-25 09:39:28 Continuing with our series looking at drug laws in the United States, today we're going back to the beginning. Read more:First
Taking Prescription Painkillers During Outpatient Rehabilitation 2008-08-16 08:36:51 A couple weeks ago I had an accident that ended with me sustaining some fairly serious injuries, and since then I’ve been on prescription painkillers. Needless to say, this is not good. Physical pain definitely isn’t fun but it’s the painkillers that are really messing with me.
I’m not happy. When I’m on them and I feel any sedative effects, I feel guilty. When I’m not on them and I Read more:Rehabilitation
, Taking
Suboxone Treatment is Trading One Addiction for Another 2008-08-14 08:43:42 At least, that’s what a lot of people say, right? Stop shooting dope or taking prescription painkillers and start taking methadone or Suboxone as a form of maintenance and people still shake their heads at you like you’re doing something wrong. We talked the other day about stereotypes of opiate addicts. It comes from those in the medical profession, people in government who make laws regulati Read more:Trading
, Treatment
Opiate Addiction Stereotypes and Racism: A Troubled History 2008-08-06 08:27:21 We’ve been talking the past couple posts about the misconceptions that people hold concerning opiate addiction and opiate addicts and how those misconceptions work to prevent those who need it from receiving the treatment they need. Today, it’s racism I want to talk about, racism and its early connections with prejudice against those struggling with drug addiction, and opiate addiction specifi Read more:History
, Racism
, Stereotypes
Opiate Addiction: A Disease Like Any Other 2008-08-04 08:59:09 The other day we started this discussion about the misconceptions that people hold about drug addiction and especially opiate addiction as well as the people who are struggling with the disease. Today, I want to talk about the concept of addiction as a medical disease: one that is legitimate. One that can be treated.
Misunderstanding Opiate Addicts: The Withdrawal Symptoms 2008-08-02 09:02:29 Opiate addicts are misunderstood in many ways, but one of the most profound comes with the idea that addicts should simply be able to “walk away” from their addictions. I wish. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the truth. The addiction symptoms that we suffer from often aren’t really about the pleasurable effects of the drugs, but more about the unpleasant withdrawal symptoms tha Read more:Addicts
, Misunderstanding
Drug Addiction in Prison 2008-08-30 08:23:53 It’s not uncommon for those who are locked up to get married just for “boneyard” visits but even more common is the prison marriage that allows for drug smuggling. Actual emotion may or may not be involved but it’s for this reason that visitors to any maximum security facility will undergo a serious search before they will be admitted onto the grounds. This is not something you want to mes Read more:Prison
Celebrity Drug Rehab Center Has 3 Deaths in 5 Months 2008-08-26 08:33:08 So as you know, I’m a huge fan of Dr. Drew Pinsky of Love Line and, more recently, VH1's CelebrityRehab
. He’s been in the headlines again recently, but this time, unfairly so in my humble opinion. It seems that three patients at the Aurora Las Encinas Hospital (where VH1’s Celebrity Rehab was filmed and where Dr. Pinsky is employed) died in the past five months and another was allegedly rap Read more:Center
, Months
Nationwide Overdose Epidemic from Fentanyl-Laced Heroin 2008-08-24 09:23:40 When word got out in Camden, New Jersey, about a wild new twist on the local heroin supply, users flocked to get a taste of the action. What they went looking for was a high that claimed to be as good – or better – than that fateful first time that had them hooked. What they found, however, was a cocktail so lethal that many users were found dead before they could even finish shooting up. Read more:Nationwide
, Overdose
, Heroin
OxyContin Addiction Not Uncommon 2008-08-22 09:02:18 When you think about prescription drug abusers, the images that most often come to mind are teenagers stealing drugs out of medicine cabinets and hard-core addicts who are aren’t willing to risk going back to jail for possession of heroin. Obviously, these are two stereotypical extremes on opposite ends of the spectrum. What about the vast majority of people who are neither young nor convicted f
Marijuana Abuse Can Increase the Risk for Opioid Addiction 2008-09-29 09:37:15 As most parents and teenagers have undoubtedly heard, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are usually cited as “gateway drugs” that encourage long-term use of illicit drugs like cocaine or heroin. While this isn’t always the case, researchers in Sweden have found new evidence that marijuana use by teenagers creates a fondness for all opiate-derived drugs later in life. Read more:Marijuana
Pain Management Physician Facing Federal Murder Charges Related to Prescription Drug Distribution 2008-09-25 09:24:54 A doctor in Georgia looked the other way as addicts filled the waiting room to get more drugs. Thirteen patients have died so far, and Dr. Green, along with his assistant and a pharmacist, face 118 federal charges that include administering and prescribing drugs "not for a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice." Read more:Management
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GPS Tracking Device Saves Drug Addict’s Life 2008-09-21 09:09:44 A Colorado man by the name of Gene put technology to work when he needed help intervening on behalf of his girlfriend’s drug addiction. He purchased a live Rover tracking device from www.RMTracking
.com and installed it on her car to monitor where she was going to buy drugs.
Usually used for tracking fleets of company vehicles, recovering stolen cars, and locating missing persons, this might be Read more:GPS
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, Saves
A&E’s Recovery Project Shows Addicts How to Find Their Way Back 2008-09-17 09:01:46 Did you know that September is National Recovery
Month? In honor of the 19th celebration of recovery awareness, I thought I’d do a post on The Recovery Project
sponsored by A&E television networks, since it just might be the largest initiative ever to reach out to addicts and families in need of specialized guidance and support.
The [...] Read more:Addicts
California’s Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act 2008-09-11 09:15:22 It’s hard to believe that a proposal to shorten jail time for nonviolent offenders in exchange for much-needed drug addiction treatment would be met with criticism. Yet, that’s exactly what has happened with Proposition 5, slated to be on California
’s November 4th voting ballot. Read more:Offender
, Rehabilitation
New Online Prescription Drug Sale Regulations Possible 2008-10-17 09:07:57 The problem of online pharmacies is one that plagues doctors and lawmakers and ruins the lives of opiate addicts. Online everything is still relatively new in terms of regulation and online pharmacies are no different, but federal lawmakers are taking illegal sales of prescription drugs online seriously if Congress’ approval of the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act is any indic Read more:Regulations
, Possible
Phototherapy and Drug Addiction Treatment 2008-10-15 09:06:52 ABC 7 News in Denver recently posted a news article on Staying Healthy: Can Camera Help Drug Users Overcome Addictions? Phototherapy Sessions Appear To Help Increase Self-Esteem. I love it! The idea of substituting a camera (or a pen or a paintbrush or a guitar or a pair of ballet slippers) for a needle (or a bottle or a pill bottle or a pipe) makes me really happy. Read more:Treatment
American Attitudes Toward Recovery May Surprise You 2008-10-13 09:09:17 In conjunction with National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
Month in September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched a new national survey to find out what American
s really think about addiction, abuse, and the possibility of recovery. Given the fact that there is always a bit of room for error on these things, I still love to read them, to find out Read more:Toward
, Surprise
Woman Charged with Homicide for Methadone Overdose 2008-10-09 09:04:49 I just read this article about a woman charged with first-degree reckless homicide because someone else allegedly overdosed on her methadone. This is one of a few cases like this that I’ve heard about recently, a new(ish) trend among the courts to charge those who gave the drugs to overdose victims with homicide. Read more:Charged
, Overdose
Falling Asleep Without Opiate Painkillers 2008-10-31 09:13:17 There’s been a lot of talk on this blog about how to fix what ails us when we can no longer take our opiate prescription drugs. We had to stop taking the painkillers because the addiction was ruining our lives, and as great a decision as that is, that now means that we’re back to square one as far as dealing with our original ailment, except now we have addiction issues as well, which makes it
Another Kind of Prescription Drug Habit 2008-10-27 08:29:00 Yes, there is another kind of prescription drug habit out there. It’s not compulsive in nature and not nearly so immediately devastating, but it is harmful to our personal health and that of those around us: flushing your prescription painkillers down the toilet. Or any extra medication, for that matter. It’s a problem that’s almost opposite of what we usually talk about, but for anyone who Read more:Habit
Celebrity Drug Rehab is Baaaaaaaaacccccckkkkkk!! 2008-10-25 08:49:00 So if you felt that something was lacking in your life in terms of dirty indulgence in the drama of other people’s lives, if you’ve been missing comparing your life and choices to those of lesser known celebrities, then you’ll be happy to know that VH1 is more than willing to scratch that itch for you with Season 2 of CelebrityRehab
with Dr. Drew.
Amy Winehouse Has Another Health Scare 2008-10-23 08:40:07 It seems that people are less worried about Amy’s health and more worried about the real reason why she isn’t “missed a police interview.” At first her reps were saying that she didn’t show up because she was headed back to rehab. Uh-huh. I thought she was already in rehab. I guess I missed her auspicious release.
In any case, they’re changing their story now. It seems now they’re c Read more:Winehouse
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, Scare
, Amy Winehouse
Hoodoo Gurus and Heroin Addiction 2008-10-21 09:05:35 Yet another celebrity is talking about drug addiction—heroin addiction in particular—and this time it’s Rick Grossman, headman for the musical group Hoodoo Gurus
. But he’s not really coming out about his own addiction, which is a good thing considering he’s been in recovery since the 1980s after playing bass for the Divinyls. He’s giving up the dirty details of his experience on the dr Read more:Heroin
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