Cocaine Addiction Recovery

People looking for cocaine addiction recovery, may be directed to a therapeutic community. Therapeutic communities have emerged out of mainstream treatments for cocaine addiction because there are said to be no specific maintenance drugs to help with cocaine recovery, as there are for narcotics. It is very easy to become confused as to what is on offer in these communities. It is sometimes stated that they use a...

Drug Abuse in Canada

According to a February 2011 article by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, – illicit drug use costs Canadian society around $8,2 billion per year, 60% of illicit drug users are between 15-24 years old and that in high risk groups the average age of first drug use is 11 years old. see article Whilst the RCMP is committed to a strategy of prevention and education, it is also admitted that the drug problem is...

When the Drugs Don’t Work

A recent article in Reuters press raises the alarm – in a world that has become increasingly reliant upon drugs – what happens and what do we do when the drugs don’t work. In the fight against pain and disease, we have become reliant on drugs – modern medicine and hospital care are dependent upon antibiotics to keep sick people free of bacterial infections whilst being treated for other...

New Risks for Nicotine Treatment: Stop Smoking

Chantix is a most popular drug, available to help people stop smoking. Although recently tested, and found acceptable, by Ontario, Canada for use in a publicly funded nicotine withdrawal program, new risks have now emerged that cast into doubt the wisdom of the Ontario decision. see article According to Dr Sonal Singh of John Hopkins University, Chantix that is already linked to depression and suicide – is...

Crack Cocaine – Burning our Bridges

The latest news from the USA is that up to 12,000 prisoners may be released from jail, on average three years early, under the Fair Sentencing Act 2010 for crack cocaine offences. The move is said to address the issue of sentencing for crack cocaine offenders being more severe than jail terms imposed on people for cocaine offences. The penalties under the previous law, that was enacted in 1986, imposed high...