drug addicts

Anyone Heard of Treating Heroin Addiction and Depression With Marijuana?

Question by T: Anyone heard of treating heroin addiction and depression with marijuana?
[rewrite]I am looking for websites or articles that talk about this issue. This is a serious question and I would really appreciate serious answers. I know that marijuana has medicinal uses and that depression and heroin addiction are treated with pharmaceutical drugs. I am looking for current, credible research on the issue…please…thanks :o)
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Answer by cDaMan
yes, marijuana is great to treat depression and other drug addiction. its done mostly to get alcoholics off of alcohol, but it will work for heroin, course, the user will still need will power and want to get off.

Best Drug Rehabilitation Named Diamond Sponsor of April 19 Colt Ford Concert

Best Drug Rehabilitation Named Diamond Sponsor of April 19 Colt Ford Concert
[rewrite]Best Drug Rehabilitation offers treatment programs, and believes that having family close by during a stay in rehab can make a big difference in whether or not the process is successful. Led by CEO Per Wickstrom, Best Drug Rehabilitation also …[/rewrite]
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Addicts open up to help others
[rewrite]The assurance that alcohol and drug addicts can maintain a cloak of anonymity throughout their recovery process is often an encouraging incentive for them to ask for help. Once the cloak comes off, anyone can take a glimpse into the most private part …[/rewrite]
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Mountainside Reminds Patients About Deducting Addiction: Writing Off Medical

Mountainside Reminds Patients about Deducting Addiction: Writing Off Medical
[rewrite]According to the IRS, deductible drug and alcohol addiction treatment expenses include: the costs of diagnosis; inpatient treatment at a therapeutic center for drug or alcohol addiction, including meals and lodging costs; payments for legal medical …[/rewrite]
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'JoJo' Burhoe detained after failing drug tests
[rewrite]Burhoe, who was 44 at the time of his arrest, asked to be sent to an inpatient drug treatment center for an addiction that, his lawyer said, resurfaced after he underwent surgery on his mouth and was prescribed oxycodone. He had been sober for 12 years …[/rewrite]
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Drug Addiction?

Question by Chequetta w: drug addiction?
[rewrite]why do people become drug addicts, considering all the negative things it does to the person, like losing all your friends, family, personal things not to mention the damage it does to your health,I lost my older sister to a drug overdose , its really a sore spot with me….
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Answer by Redbone
because sometimes drugs makes them forget about all their problems and it makes them feel good so they crave it and that is how they become addicts.

Northern Highlands Students Hear From Recovering Addicts

Northern Highlands students hear from recovering addicts
[rewrite]Both Kristen and Patricia, recovering alcohol and drug addicts, said there was no place they'd rather be than speaking to Northern Highlands students about their experiences at an April 3 assembly. "If I can just reach out and make a difference … "I …[/rewrite]
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Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs
[rewrite]As Massachusetts grapples with a surge in heroin overdoses, top elected officials urged residents Monday to scour medicine cabinets and remove unneeded prescription drugs that can act as a gateway to addiction. Mayor Martin J. Walsh and 10 members of …[/rewrite]
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Is Drug Rehab Effective for a Person With Addiction? and What Are the Services Offered by the Center?

Question by Mill Boon: Is drug rehab effective for a person with addiction? And what are the services offered by the center?
[rewrite]It’s because I want to enter my brother in a rehab center because of his addiction to cocaine. Also, can somebody give me an idea on how long the treatment process would probably take?
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Answer by hypejack
Drug rehabilitation is the only way to treat addiction to a particular drug or substance. Cocaine addiction is a serious disease that needs comprehensive treatment process like detoxification, counseling and other addiction recovery program.