Much of what has been found to treat Vicodin addiction is learned from the treatment of heroin addiction. Both are opiates so the treatments are very similar in regards to how the addiction process works. ... Subject to individual tolerance, many medical experts believe dependence or addiction can occur within one to four weeks at higher doses of Vicodin (DEA, 2007). ... These people are not "drug addicts" in the stereotypical sense, but people with real medical conditions who find themselves in the same situation as drug addicts. ... The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatm...

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Subsequent Supreme Court decisions made it illegal for doctors to prescribe any narcotic to addicts; many doctors who prescribed maintenance doses as part of an addiction treatment plan were jailed, and soon all attempts at treatment were abandoned. ... The act dealt with prevention and treatment of drug abuse as well as control of drug traffic. ... Morphine , a strictly controlled opiate, and synthetic opiates, such as fentanyl, are most often abused by people in the medical professions, who have easier access to these drugs. ... It is seldom used illicitly except by doctors and other medical...

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According to a study done by Saitz "85,000 deaths, along with substantial disability from medical and psychiatric consequences, injuries and "secondhand" effects (ex: motor vehicle crashes) are attributed to the use of alcohol" (Saitz, 2005). ... Alcohol dependence has a much more pronounced medical effect on women than on men. Medical problems due to alcohol dependence, involving brain, heart and liver damage are more severe and advance quicker in women than men (Stephens, 2007). ... There are two main treatment methods for alcoholism that are the source of controversy t...

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The addict and his family will benefit from an effective and appropriate treatment program. ... Treatment may include a combination of programs, facilities, services and therapies including pharmacologically based treatment. Depending on the nature of the addiction and personal needs, the medical community strongly suggest that an individual considered the following options and combination thereof: 1. a twelve-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Rational Recovery, 2. an outpatient treatment program offering individual or group therapy, 3. inpatient treatment at a facility, suc...

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These symptoms can commonly last several weeks after the drug use is decreased, even though one can seek medical treatment and the symptoms can be eliminated much more quickly. ... These symptoms can commonly last several weeks after the drug use is decreased, even though one can seek medical treatment and the symptoms can be eliminated much more quickly. ...

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During the same time, the center began to offer treatment of chemical dependency. ... Throughout its history, the facility and treatment programs catered to those who do not have medical insurance. ... When this addict seeks treatment, he or she is admitted to a private treatment facility that is usually staffed with the highest quality of treatment professional. ... For those without insurance, treatment is stringent. In a facility such as Oriana House, the average treatment plan finds a heroin addict receiving a total of five days of treatment, at an average cost of $350.00 per day, per cale...

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Due to the overwhelming caseloads processed through the court system, the needs of the offender for additional treatment (i.e., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their issues. One point of view to take is offenders do not have constitutional right to treatment. ... Taxpayer money is spent housing, clothing, feeding and medical care on offenders in jails and prisons that are not providing much in the way of being a productive citizen. ... Each court is unique in t...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history o...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they...

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On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison exposed himself to 13,000 people during a concert in Miami. The band left the country the next day on a planned vacation, but Morrison turned himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles upon his return. The press had a field day prior to his arrest while he was out of the country. Rolling Stone magazine put Jim's face on its cover as part of a wanted poster, while the stories more or less portrayed him as a drunken fool. I believed that while he may have been that, he also possessed an intelligence that had been overlooked (Hopkins, p.217). ...

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Strong evidence suggests that the law was instituted in order to prevent casual or non-medical users, frequently called dope fiends from obtaining the drugs outside of medical practice. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... Furthermore, Dutch efforts to license legal heroin use quickly ran aground amid huge increases in crime and overdose deaths, despite many efforts of treatment and information programs. ...

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Strong evidence suggests that the law was instituted in order to prevent casual or non-medical users, frequently called dope fiends from obtaining the drugs outside of medical practice. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... Furthermore, Dutch efforts to license legal heroin use quickly ran aground amid huge increases in crime and overdose deaths, despite many efforts of treatment and information programs. ...

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With all the funds that are invested into treatment for addicts there is not a 100% success rate for any one particular program or method of treatment. ... This research is showing great promise in the search for an effective treatment plan for those that suffer from addiction. ...

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The underground society of weed smokers Outline Although weed is an illegal drug an underground society still exists that utilizes sellers of the product to satisfy the consumers in the society whose unique techniques for achieving effects that they want from the drug. I. There are personal use...

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