Question by Christina: What do you think about methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction?
Alot of people look down on iy, bu its been proved to work better than the 12 step groups and the like. If you agree its good why? If you don’t why?

Best answer:

Answer by Sick of Butt-Hurt People
“bu its been proved to work better than the 12 step groups and the like.”

Please provide evidence for this assumption.

Methadone is good for pregnant women trying to stop IV Heroin Use, what can lead to all sorts of contaminants entering the bloodstream and adversely effecting the fetus and Methadone is great for people that, basically, have to either go on it or continue activities that will result in their immediate death…

But in the long term, “maintenance” therapy does nothing but prolong the suffering of the Addicts.

Addiction is a horrific biological and mental illness that has nothing to do with the Substance or even the Actions because “Addiction” is defined as the inability to stop doing something despite mounting consequences.

Withdrawal doesn’t have anything to do with addiction.
“Only Doing It Once And A While” has nothing to do with addiction.

People that are profoundly addicted to meth/speed only do it 2 or 3 times a week and they use their delusions of “Control” to make the claim that they’re not hurting themselves… The same is said for heroin addicts.

They are on an opiate that is MORE addictive and hard to get off of than Heroin and just because they have doctors giving the opiates to them doesn’t make it any less of a “Problem”.

By giving Methadone or even Maintenance Heroin does nothing but allow the problem to continue.

By allowing the problem to continue, you are harming the addict and, more importantly, the family, friends, and culture of the addict.

An impaired parent is an abusive and abandoning parent… As the child of an addict, I think that the children of these people should be removed from their custody immediately or, if possible, get them to consent to sterilization as they do with:

? Project Prevention – Children Requiring a Caring Community
http://www.projectprevention.org/

If you can’t care for yourself, you are unable to care for others… period… end of story. Addiction does nothing but cause damage to the brain development of the offspring and cause their own addiction biology to activate at an early age and the children then go on to perpetuate the generational transmission of trauma onto THEIR kids, leading to the next generation of homeless, impoverished, victimized addicts.

By telling people they can just “Coast” on maintenance therapy, you’re telling them that they’re “Better” when they’re not… It’s a quick and temporary fix that will still almost always lead back to relapse, cross addiction, etc.

Since it isn’t legal to just put addicts down for the good of everyone around them, the way we put down rabid dogs that can’t be trained to not try to bite, we have no choice other than to get these people to do as little harm as possible to EVERYONE ELSE and this means long term TREATMENT that includes supervised withdrawal, mental health treatment, and a structured environment that will train their brain to not seek drugs as a coping mechanism.

Maintenance Therapy should be nothing more than a temporary crutch as a part of a much greater treatment program, which includes 12-Step among other types of therapy and treatment.

Suicide would be the best thing that a heroin addict could do for themselves, their children, their family, their friends, and the whole human species. It’s the only way to both stop the suffering of the addict and the way that they do nothing but cause harm to anyone they are in contact with.

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The Addiction Severity Index or ASI is a tool which is used to identify addictive behavior. This assessment is given to those who are suspected of having engaged in drug use. There are many different areas including ones which gather information relating to the patient’s past and current employment,the study of medical history, the background of alcohol and drug use and family history. All of these different parts are meant to effectively gather information on the patient to determine whether or not they have an addiction to drugs and if so just how severe it really is.

The assessment also includes a look at the mental health history. The severity rating goes from o to 9, indicating the severity of each of the problem areas listed. When all of the information is collected and analyzed, an accurate rating can be given regarding the patient’s severity of addiction. The Addiction Severity Index or ASI is commonly used in studies which strive to get results for certain treatments which may prove to be useful as a solution to certain drug addictions.

The factors that are analyzed become part of a useful tool in mental health settings, addiction clinics as well as hospitals. The Addiction Severity Index can be used to look into potential drug treatments which are then used in certain rehabilitation facilities. The numbers are analyzed to help determine the effectiveness of certain medications in relation to addiction. Psychological problems are studied in relation to chemical issues and personal history.

This assessment is used in various clinical trials. The ASI has been in use for a number of years and continues to help researchers and medical professionals with finding a better solution to addiction treatments, many of which are being discovered and developed each day. It covers a number of factors, both past and present, to come up with a rating that represents the patient’s addiction. Determining the severity of an addiction helps to design the program, treatment and challenges. The many successes in the development of certain addiction solutions is apparent and they were only possible because of the ASI.

Facebook is a great tool for people to find friends, communicate with friends and family, play games and advertisementsfor business. Facebook is like drugs as it affects mental health and relationships.

It is no secret that the Facebook website is being abused by those that use it constantly. The site is usually blocked at work computers and has officially been banned in some countries..

People, now spend increasing amounts of time on facebook, or else, they are not satisfied. The time spent on social and recreationalactivities is drastically reduced  or completely finished. People now look forward to adding new friends, especially more than that their friends have.

The obsession we know now as Facebook has taken these tools and magnified them by an infinite number. Digital photography allows users to broadcast pictures all over the globe to others, as well as their profile including their job, interests, status updates, wall comments made by friends and family, and much more.

Quotes are not searched for the sake of knowledge, but for updating statuses. Facebook has also led to change in priorties as people spend more time on facebook than on studying or working

Due to so much.addiction a north Florida mother has pleaded guilty to shaking her baby to death after the boy’s crying interrupted her game on Facebook. She told investigators that she was angered because the boy was crying while she was playing the game FarmVille.

Facebook is a useful tool for connecting with friends, family, networking, advertising, but it is addictive and can cause a lot of problems

The reputed addiction treatment rehab centers provide substance abuse treatment to the patients. This helps the patients to get cured and become strong enough from mind to fight the addictions. These days, alcohol, drug, cocaine, heroin, etc are the major addictions found in adolescent and in adults across the country. In case, you are one of the above, then immediately contact the most reputed and reliable name in the alcohol and drug rehab centers in the town. The health organization is a non-profitable medical institute that provides various types of efficient treatments to cure all types of addictions. Substance abuse treatment is considered as the major tools in rehabilitating the patients.

Substance abuse treatment helps the patients to avoid and eliminate all types of disturbances, and disorders such as depression from the mind. In other words, such treatments help the mental health grow stronger and stable. Once the stage is attained where brain or mental condition can be control, the evidence-based programs help patients to find quickest results in rehab centers. To get started, patients just need to do the following four things, the points are listed below:

Phone call: The health services are available round-the-clock, the patients just need to call and provide all the details. The representatives of substance abuse treatment provide initial advices and understand the nature of concern. Every important detail is taken during the telephonic conversation related to the addiction and abuse.
Assessment & Planning: The assessment helps to understand the patient’s mental health which is influenced by the impact of drug or alcohol. Depending upon the situation, the assessment can be done on the phone but the better way is to visit in person to offer best understand concerning to the issue. During the assessment of substance abuse treatment, the medical practitioners decide the right level of services to cure the addition quickly and efficiently. The treatment gets started by using the evidence-based programs to cure the patients efficiently and effectively.
Charges: The patients are mostly provided outpatient treatments to save their time and money. The treatments and consultations provided in the health services are provided without earning a single profit in substance abuse treatments. Therefore, charges paid by patients to alcohol and drug rehab centers are concerns to the equipment and medicine used. Thus, calling the treatments nominal or reasonable will be wrong. The rehab centers do not ask for any extra charges from the patience.

This way, the substance abuse treatment gets started and offers unbelievable healthy results to the patients.

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Question by nunya: Does anyone know at least 4 to 7 places where someone can get long term treatment for drug addiction?
This is for D.A.R.E

Best answer:

Answer by cintchick
The link I included below will take you to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) treatment center locator. SAMHSA is a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services

Enter a city and state, then select “Continue”. You will then be offered options to target your search. In your case, under “Services Provided” you would select “Substance Abuse” and under “Type of Care” you would select “Residential Long-Term Treatment” and/or “Hospital Inpatient”. Again, select “Continue”. You will then see a list of centers with their contact information, as well as a summary of the services they offer and forms of payment accepted.

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