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Women mourn after separation longer than men (NewsAktuell/Ots via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:01:00 +0000

Hamburg (ots) - ex and hopp: After a separation men fall themselves gladly fast into something new. Women against it often need one year, in order to fall in love again. That resulted in...

Days of prevention of the suicide: to alert on the bond between addiction and suicide (AFP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:01:00 +0000

The 12e national Journées for the prevention of the suicide open Tuesday on the topic "addiction and suicide", with the objective to federate competences to make move back the number of suicides which has stagnated in France for several years.

Lohan friend circle (if via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:01:00 +0000

Lindsay Lohan had to let fall some their closest friends, since she terminated her withdrawal - because she can trust not longer in the fact that they help her to remain on the right way.

Again pinned Bulgaria and Romania (euronews via Yahoo! Current events)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:01:00 +0000

Bulgaria and Romania joined the rows of the European Union in vain one year ago, it remains to them still much to be made

Against the suicide, three days to yes say "to the life" (Destination Health via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +0000

As from tomorrow and until February 7, the national Union for the Prevention of Suicide (UNPS) organizes in all France its 12èmes national Journées on the topic "Addiction and suicide". It acts of a true plague, the products (...)

Police controls ten thousands in the north driver (strip packing via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:01:00 +0000

In landspreading control the police examined ten thousands on weekend in Northern Germany road users. However were checked in Lower Saxony during the 24-stuendigen action to Saturday noon over 15,000 vehicles, how the police communicated on Sunday.

Are Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Really Diseases?(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +0000

The old adage that once you are and “addict” that you will always be an “addict ” may not be true. Are drug addiction and alcoholism true diseases with genetic predispositions, which mean if you have had trouble with either in the past you will always be at a higher risk than the general population? The answer surprisingly to most people seems to be no.
The research shows the longer the period of sobriety after a period of substance abuse, the lower the chance of relapse. At approximately 5 years of sobriety, the probability for relaspe are the same as the odds of anyone in the general population. If there was a real predisposition to addiction, even after extended periods of being clean and sober, the chance of relapse or developing a second addiction would have to be higher than the general population.

It would appear, that drug addiciton and alcoholism are more behavioral in nature and when treated and corrections are properly made, people can move on and lead normal fulfilling lives. This is great news as people may not have to view themselves as “branded” an alcoholic for the rest of their days. Also when looking for a drug rehab facility, one stressing cognitive behavioral therapy would likely be a better choice.

Drug Addiction goes Hand in Hand with Mental Health Problems(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +0000

The interactions between anxiety or depression and substance abuse are complex. Substances may be used as coping mechanisms by people with mental health problems. Substance use can trigger or worsen anxiety or depression.

The US National Co-Morbidity Study reported that 29% of the general population aged 15-54 had both an alcohol and/or drug problem and a mental disorder in the past year. British Columbia data (2002) indicate that over 79% of people aged 15-64 receiving addictions treatment services are also receiving mental health services. Also 20-40% of people with mental illnesses also have been treated for an alcohol and/or another substance use disorder.
Numerous studies in different countries confirm that having either a substance use problem or another mental disorder increases the probability of having both types of problems at the same time. It would seem that most people undergoing treatment for drug addicition might also seek treatment for their mental health concerns.

Self Help for Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +0000

We have had numerous requests for free information that people can use right away. This source has been one of the best we have found. The Problem Substance Abuse Handbook has sections on the physical effects of drug abuse as well as substance abuse withdrawl. Discussions about abstinence as well as avoiding high risk situations make this a very useful resource.

The 52 pages are very well done and can be downloaded immediately free of charge. It is simple and easy to use, and may assist someone in deciding if self-management of their addiction is possible or if admission to a drug rehab might be considered.

The link is:http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/helpmewith/psuworkbook.shtml

Don’t phone if all you want is a Get out of Jail Drug Rehab!(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:01:00 +0000

We all have things in life that are unpleasant. Mostly we all hitch our pants and do them anyway. I guess they are called pet peeves. Mine is people who are not looking to change when they call. They are simply looking to stay out of jail. They phone with a shopping list of things they are reading about drug rehab that they are reading off of a court order. They are flip and callus. They behave in a derogatory manner. They mockingly describe the other rehabs they have been to, filled with losers and lazy staff that does not care. They don't care what the program is, as long as it is cheap and meets the court order.

I politely suggest I cannot help them. Drug rehab centers have more than enough work dealing with people who want to change. Working is a drug rehab is hard demanding work. Nobody who is really lazy would ever take a job in a drug rehab. It is just too much dam work. The pay is ok, but people never work at the rehab just for money. It is not enough to make them stay. I wish the court would not make us a dumping ground for people they do not know how to handle. Of course people will choose rehab over jail. However, does housing an unmotivated client in a drug rehab center for 30 to 90 days make a difference? Probably not. It is also a drain on the staff and an anchor around the necks of the people who want to change. So if you are simply looking for a get out of jail free card, look someplace else, leave drug rehab to those who are going for the right reasons!

An important chief of Colombian trust assassinated in Venezuela (AFP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:01:00 +0000

An important chief of Colombian trust, Wilber Varela, one of the traffickers most sought by the United States, was assassinated Wednesday in Venezuela, announced to Friday the director of the national Office anti-drug vénézuélien, Luis Castillo.

Winehouse in the hospital (if via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:01:00 +0000

Amy Winehouse was in-supplied to the hospital, because she was dehydrogenated during their fight against the drugs "dangerously". "bake yourself tons of Black" singer, one week ago into a withdrawal mechanism...

Ground-New-and-Labrador: Natuashish wants to make its cure (Radio-Canada via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:01:00 +0000

The 700 residents of the indigenous reserve vote to 51 % in favour of a payment which prohibits alcohol and drugs on their territory.

In Home Drug Rehab Possibilities(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:01:00 +0000

Is it possible to do in home drug rehab? How could you do it if you had to? What are the risks of in home drug rehab? Does the concept of doing drug rehab at home even make any sense? Lots of questions to be sure, and the answers depend on the individual and the specifics of each case. If it were possible to do drug rehab in your own home, several key advantages would be there for some individuals. If you are a parent with small children, it might be one of the only options available to stay with your kids. Obviously another advantage would be cost. Anything that can be acccomplished without travel and accomodation expense has to be less expensive.

To some degree in home drug rehab is probably a misnomer. A more likely case for most people would be an outpatient program combined with a highly sctructured program and plan for staying at home for the times not spent in an out patient drug rehab program. It is technically possible to drug rehab at your own home and not leave for 90 days, however it does require the commitment of some other people to come to your place of residence to help you examine and learn some of the skills you need to change.

The obvious thing that needs to be asked is, if it were possible to change and do drug rehab at home, why wouldn't the person have changed before? The answer lies in where along the the path of addiction the person is. Clients that still have some structure in their lives may benefit from an attempt at in home drug rehab. External testing would be recommended. Some external formal instruction would also play a large difference. This means if you are still able to maintain your job, but are in danger of cossing the line to being out of control, maybe a in home drug rehab would work. It you life is totally out of control, the odds of in home drug rehab being successful would be slim. Can you make your home safe from drugs and alcohol? How close is a supply of drugs and slcohol to your home? If you can answer those questions and still be reasonably safe, then again you may be a candidate for in home drug rehab. ! The short answer again is that in home drug rehab is possible, but it is selective and difficult to do.

Seizure of 2, 5 tons cocaine by the French navy (Reuters via Yahoo! Current events)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:01:00 +0000

A French warship intercepted at broad coasts of the west of Africa a trawler flying bast flag transporting 2,5 tons of cocaine, announced to Thursday a person in charge for the Office of the United Nations on Drugs and Criminality (UNODC).

More in a juvenile manner with deadly force excess against 54-Jaehrige drunk (AP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:01:00 +0000

Suspect is to have been in the evening before in the brothel

It is not just a Book in Drug Rehab(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:01:00 +0000

We are proud to say we have finally launched our book, Make your last relapse, your last. For a lot of people trying to deal with a drug and alcohol addiction this book will make a large difference. I have to admit though, I have someone asked the strangest comment today. They asked me if I was worried that the book would make it so people would not come to our rehab? Seemed like a strange question. If a book alone could help some people, that is wonderful. However, there are people that need a drug rehab, so they can be safe, while they explore the book.

Addiction is a gradient. No two people are exactly the same. There are people whom a book will be all they need to move on in their life. There are others whom a book and a drug rehab program will be needed as they need to have the space and privacy to figure it out on their own. If addiction could be solved by a book alone it would not be the problem that it is in our society. Our book will help. Drug rehab will still be needed for those with a severe addiction. Drug availibility and potency mean drug rehab centers are required no matter how good any book is. I think people constantly underestimate addiction. If it were easy to change, clients would have done it already. Drug rehab centers will exist for a long time, no matter how good any book is!

Heath Ledger passed close entering in detoxication in 2006 (Show Bizz Net via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:01:00 +0000

The consumption of drugs and alcohol of Heath Ledger was so harmful with its relation in love with Michelle Williams that the latter tried to make enter the actor in rehabilitation in 2006 brings back the US magazine Weekly in its new edition.

Dope: researchers develop a promising vaccine against the dependence (AFP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:01:00 +0000

Researchers developed a promising vaccine against the dependence with drugs which prevents the human body from feeling the effects of drug, indicated one of them Tuesday to AFP.

Also unconscious signals can wake demands for drugs (DPA via Yahoo! Message)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:01:00 +0000

San Francisco (dpa) - also unconsciously noticed signals can release the demand for drugs with addicted ones.

Addiction and Drug Rehab Not a “Life Sentence”(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:01:00 +0000

A lot of people view addiction as a life long disease, that is progressive and unrelenting. You are powerless over it and have to turn it over to a higher power. This may not be true. When you leave a drug rehab center you may actually be able to move past addiction for good. A study recently published in the Canadian Journel of Psychiatry stated that many gambling addicts recover naturally on their own. Addiction is not always progressive, and may have ebb and flow.

It is a behavioral problem that can be resolved with gathering the skills to behave in a different way. Sound familiar? It is something I have been writing about for a couple of years now. Drug rehab should teach skillls. Rehab is about learning, not about admissions of powerlessness. It is about asking about what you need to learn and change in your life. Then find the place that can teach it too you. You can and will move past addiction.

Venezuela: tens of hostages retained in a bank by hold-up men (AFP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:01:00 +0000

ALTAGRACIA OF ORITUCO (AFP) - Four armed people appointed Tuesday of tens of hostages in Venezuela in a bank of the State de Guarico (center), more than 24 hours after the setting in failure of their attempt at steering by the presence of a patrol of police force.

Venezuela: tens of hostages retained in a bank by hold-up men (AFP via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:01:00 +0000

Four armed people appointed Tuesday of tens of hostages in Venezuela in a bank of the State de Guarico (center), more than 24 hours after the setting in failure of their attempt at steering by the presence of a patrol of police force.

Britney Spears, junkie at 13 years? (News of stars via Yahoo! Current events)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:01:00 +0000

The American singer Britney Spears would not have had the young jet set about which one often spoke. The uncle of the singer entrusted to Sun, the British tabloïd. Britney would have started to drink at 13 years and touching with drugs at 14 years.

Amy Winehouse troestet itself with "Some like it hot" (DPA via Yahoo! Message)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:01:00 +0000

London (dpa) - Amy Winehouse (24) troestet itself during its drug withdrawal with the films of the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, itself at the age of 36...