substance dependence

About Drug Rehab and Clinic … ?

Question by Gracie: About drug rehab and clinic … ?
[rewrite]Hello my best friend is now is a clinic.
She is in and out for a long time..from cocaine (witch she is using for 7 years) and alcohols..etc, she is taking cocaine every 5 min and a bottle of vodka every 30 min..first I thought it is a joke but it wasn’t.
I am paling to go and look after her, but the problem is now.
What can the clinic do? and if you (or some one you know) ever been in a rehab please tell me what they really do to help you.
Thank you!
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Do Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Really Work?

Question by ciana db: Do substance abuse treatment programs really work?
I have pretty much lived a sheltered life. I have an acquaintance who is going to undergo substance abuse treatment and I was just wondering whether such programs are effective.

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What Is the Difference Between Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction?

Question by Chronic: What is the difference between drug abuse and drug addiction?
I am witing something freelance and just wondering if anyone can give me an addequite difference between drug abuse and drug addiction.

The definition of an addict is: 1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance
2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively

Definition of drug abuse: he use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality (or all three).

I Need Help Getting My Life Together.?

Question by Chris S: I need help getting my life together.?
Im 19 years old. I was raised by my parents till i was twelve. They where on oxycotin spent everything we had on the drugs. Then i moved out due to my dads paranoid schizophrenia. We lived in a small town in west va and he thought everyone was out to get him. But now i live in Petersburg Virginia and i have a job at Pizza hut that i hate, making 6.55 an hour.
Im addicted to oxycodone just as my parents where. Im so ashamed of myself. I have to pay my bills myself on top of my drug habit i have nothing to show for my money. I have no education i quite school to move away from my dad. I dont think my life will mount to anything. I have no one.. literally no one that cares about me. Therefor i have no one to help me.
I just need advice on how to get my life together. Maybe i should look for a wife who can help me or something.. i dont know im just lost and alone. I need to get my life together before my addiction gets out of hand. I can handle the addiction i basically need a way to get an education, take care of myself while im in school, and just someone who cares about me…

Medical Marijuana License?

Question by : medical marijuana license?
Well… I live in Virginia.. I have only heard of these things existing in California..
I suffer from depression and anxiety.. I smoke pot for medicinal purposes, only when I feel down in the dumps and/or overly anxious. I find that it helps me relax, concentrate on things better, and even help me smile and laugh(my depression makes me fake it otherwise) I have tried talking to my therapist about it and other adults in my life, but they all say the same thing.. POT IS A DRUG-BLAH BLAH BLAHHH, I however, disagree.. I feel no addiction and can stop whenever I want, I have plenty friends who smoke but I do not smoke for the same reasons most of them do—->(friends: dude, pot is awesome everybody needs to smoke to bring peace to the world etc, etc, and more hippie like things). I have been prescribed xanax and other drugs to help, but marijuana is the only thing that seems to truly help me with these problems I’m experiencing..
I had a rough childhood and have been through allot. I dont smoke for the hell of it, or to ‘be cool’
My question is, how can I get a legit doctor to prescribe me this stuff and/or give me a license for it-so I dont feel like a criminal for doing something that honestly helps me with these chronic problems, what kind of doc. do i go to for this kind of ordeal, and is there a doc. in my area who can do this.. Remember I live in Virginia wayyyyyy on the opposite side of California.

My Dad Isnt the One He Used to Be!!!! =,,,(?

Question by Axel J: my dad isnt the one he used to be!!!! =,,,(?
im a ten year old boy who lives in virginia M,N and my dad has a drug problem i already thretend him to stop it but he just keeps on doing it he smokes weed ,pot mary jane, wat ever you wanna call it i want to put him in jail hes been smoking it for ten 12 years and
i need to get him out of my life im more muture then you think so dont say stay out of goundupps bussnie he can do wat he wants but its more then that he smokes it every day with his buddy he is a heavy smoker he needs help bad i pray every night that he stops but ….. he will never when he was 20 he whent to rehab cause he was using pot,meth,coke,heroin,speed,and a ton of other stuff how do i help this addiction he is an abbusive father like phisical and verbal i need help bad i want to calll the cops but its nerve racking