About ADCNC Alcohol and other substance abuse addiction is a preventable and treatable chronic disease. Intervention in the lives of people suffering with addiction through the family, education or work place, criminal justice system and community-at-large works, and sustains recovery.Substance abuse treatment and prevention services should be available and accessible in the primary health care system.Insurers should [...]
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El Futuro 2013 Conference El Futuro hosts a bi-annual conference which provides Behavioral Health Professionals with the opportunity to learn new evidenced-based methods, while sharing clinical experiences in treating the Latino community. click here for information and registration
Operation Medicine Drop September 29, 2012.Prescription Drugs There are thousands of medications out there, and new drugs come on the market every day. Many of us believe there?s a pill for anything and everything that ails us including every stress, ache, and pain, and from drowsiness to restlessness. We?re bombarded with advertisements about the benefits of these drugs. You might [...]
SUPPORT SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION Durham, NCFamily meals are the perfect time to talk to your kids and to listen to what?s on their mind.? The more often kids eat dinner with their family, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs according to CASA. Ricks Diner offers homemade dinners for pick-up Monday thru Thursday. All you have [...]
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Have you ever felt the pain of another's addiction or your own? Thousands of families in North Carolina are touched by the darkness of alcohol and drug addiction. Nearly a million people have addiction problems in North Carolina and nearly three times as many are affected by another person's drinking. The Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina connects these people with help and hope by linking them to treatment services and providing prevention programs, advocacy and education. more...
Director?s Notes:? By Anne Doolen
Prescription Drug Misuse is on the Rise.
Addiction to painkillers can begin with legitimate use ? treatment after an injury or following a surgical procedure.? Youth can access these drugs at home.? Kids may perceive them as safer or legal because they come from the healthcare system not the street.? During tough economic times, families sometimes ?help? each other out sharing medications after someone gets hurt around the house.
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In the first two months of 2012, the Alcohol Drug Council of NC received over 204 calls in which people were seeking help with an addiction to prescription medication.? This is a 15% increase from the previous two months (178 in November and December 2011).
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Other reports have noted similar trends.
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- In December, that National Institute on Drug Abuse released data from their 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th ?grades students.? While adolescent use of the drug Vicodin dropped ? students reported using OxyContin at the same rate as the previous year.
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- In a recent government study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this month reported 25-35% of wounded soldiers studied were addicted to prescriptions or illegal medications.
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- From an SBI report released in November 2011, WRAL reported that law enforcement officials say prescription drug abuse surpasses all illegal drugs as the number one source of fatal overdoses in our state.
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Medications are powerful combinations of chemicals.? They affect individuals differently.? Most individuals use these drugs as they are prescribed and develop no long term problems. People in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction find pain control an especially challenging problem as their bodies may react differently and they face the serious concerns about whether prescription drugs used to treat a medical problem may place them at risk for relapse.? There is little relapse prevention available for individuals in recovery whose medical conditions require addictive prescriptive medication. There is inadequate life cycle appropriate treatment for older individuals.
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This is not just a public sector or legal problem. We need all of the players including insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, the military, medical providers and addiction treatment provides to come together to establish a response that strengthens communities and individuals without the stigma that is usually assigned to addiction.
News
Suboxone? Sales Estimated to Reach $1.4 Billion in 2012?Sales data from the first three quarters of 2012 indicate that Suboxone retail sales in the U.S. will likely reach $1.4 billion* this year?nearly a ten-fold increase over the $137.1 million in sales in 2006 (see figure below). Suboxone currently has the 28th highest retail sales of all prescription drugs1 in the U.S., up from [...]
Announcement of Closing of New River Behavioral HealthCare?Smoky Mountain Center learned today that New River Behavioral Healthcare, a major service provider in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Watauga and Wilkes Counties, has decided to cease operations. New River Behavioral Healthcare has a long history of providing services to individuals with mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disability needs. Smoky Mountain Center is [...]
The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People?By John W. Whitehead 10/17/2011 ?On July 29, 2008, my family and I were terrorized by an errant Prince George?s County SWAT team. This unit forced entry into my home without a proper warrant, executed our beloved black Labradors, Payton and Chase, and bound and interrogated my mother-in-law and me for hours as they ransacked [...]
Funding Opportunity: Alternatives to Incarceration?Funding Opportunity: As funding from alcohol and drug organization at the federal, state and local level get tighter due to serious government fiscal problems??it is essential to look elsewhere for funding to support your work?..and criminal justice funding is an important option to consider. Our friends at the Legal Action Center have developed a new [...]
Citizen Soldier Support Program Free online courses?Citizen Soldier Support Program Our Reserve and National Guard men and women have served this country with honor in the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. The needs of these Service members and their families have never been more pressing. A significant number of these citizens have returned and are returning from their [...]
Source: http://www.alcoholdrughelp.org/2012/12/19/cell-phone-picture-would-it-really-topic/
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