Substance use disorders are serious illnesses that can have long-term consequences on your health. According to research-based guides from the NIDA, a person’s ultimate success in recovering from addiction requires matching treatment settings, interventions, and services to that person’s particular problems and needs.
Many of the most dangerous and popular drugs have similar addictive qualities. Ranking the Top 9 Most Dangerous and Most Popular Recreational Drugs A Global Drug Survey that uses data from over 100,000 people in more than 50 countries found that there are clear favorites in the drug-abusing world, and some of them are very […]
Dual Diagnosis and Its Importance in an Addiction Treatment Plan. There are several factors that can cause an addiction. One of them is when the addict is affected by another mental disorder, known as dual diagnosis. The interaction between their mental disorder and addiction requires that both be treated in an addiction treatment plan to […]
Crack can have devastating effects on a user’s short term and long-term health. There are two ways on how to get crack out of your system: the first is to stop cold turkey and deal with the full brunt of the withdrawal symptoms, and the other is going through a medical detox program that can […]
Unfortunately, not even the best treatment programs can prevent addicts from relapsing. Medically, addiction is known to be a “chronic, relapsing disease” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). What this definition means is that relapse has a high expected occurrence rate due to the nature of the disease. So, what percentage of […]
The risks involved with long term alcohol abuse can be deadly. Because alcohol is a toxin, frequently drinking heavy amounts of alcohol is devastating to many important organs in the body including your brain, heart, liver, pancreas, and immune system. Several forms of cancer are also linked to the long term effects of alcohol abuse, […]
Learn About The Villains of the Opioid Crisis When opioid pain relievers were first marketed, they were sold as a safe and powerful pain reliever. Today, it’s understood that opioid pain relievers are dangerous drugs that can lead to addiction and potentially death. Every day in the United States, 130 people die to opioid overdose, […]
Learning the signs that someone is shooting up drugs can help prevent addiction from taking over. Intravenous (IV) drug use is a delivery method for drugs such as heroin and meth that causes the intense, instant rush that is associated with each drug. The quick-acting effect and the intensity of the high are what draws […]
Having an unexpected allergic reaction to meth is not unusual. Methamphetamine, a potent stimulant, has many negative side effects. The more someone uses the drug, the more likely they are to experience these side effects and become addicted to the process. It may be easy to convince yourself that you won’t be one of the […]
While the national opioid crisis makes headlines daily, another alarming problem has grabbed the state of California by storm: fentanyl. Dana Point Rehab Campus was featured on CBS-LA to discuss the nation’s alarming new drug problem, which has caused 614% more fatal overdoses in the past 4 years, per data from the California Department of Health. Dana Point […]
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