Drug addiction affects millions of Americans each year. For many individuals struggling against drug addiction, residential drug addiction centers provide treatment that leads to lasting sobriety. In a dedicated environment of healing, inpatient drug addiction programs offer patients on-site drug detoxification, family and one-on-one counseling sessions, nutritional and fitness guidance, holistic treatments, life skill building [...]

From street drugs to prescription painkillers, millions of Americans face the social, economic and physical consequences of drug addiction every day. When drug addiction develops, it takes a wide-reaching toll on the addicted individual’s lifestyle, leading to personality changes, mood swings, financial difficulties and social isolation. From even the initial use of a drug, a [...]

For many individuals, Valium addiction begins with a legitimate doctor’s prescription. Also known as the generic drug diazepam, Valium has been available for prescription use for more than 35 years. Initially prescribed as a painkiller due to the drug’s analgesic properties, today Valium is largely used as an anti-anxiety drug. Part of a class of [...]

A codeine-derived prescription drug, oxycodone is the active ingredient in the popular painkiller Percocet and its time-released version, OxyContin. Referred to on the streets as “ox,” “oxy,” “OC” or simply “blue,” oxycodone has become one of the most widely abused prescription drugs on the market, causing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to issue warnings [...]

Commonly found in most households, inhalants can come in many forms, such as general purpose cleaners, industrial and household glues, aerosol products and even gasoline. Drug users often ingest these drugs through direct inhalation or by the process of “huffing” — capturing the gas from inhalants in an apparatus such as a paper bag and [...]

Because the factors involved with drug addiction span the physical, mental and emotional realms, holistic drug addiction treatment aims to address all parts of being as part of a comprehensive treatment program. At its core, holistic drug addiction rehabilitation heavily emphasizes wellness and recovery by leveraging natural and spiritual means. Using natural, medically supervised detoxification [...]

Though youth drug use remains in the spotlight, drug addiction has become a reality for many individuals in the elderly population. In fact, according to reports by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), substance abuse treatment rates for patients older than 45 increased by nearly one-third just between the years 1995 and [...]

Percodan abuse — and the ensuing addiction to the prescription drug — has become one of the most widespread drug problems in the country. In fact, in 2004 alone, nearly 250,000 individuals across the United States entered drug addiction treatment for prescription opiates such as Percodan, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s [...]

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), marijuana is the most commonly abused recreational drug in the nation. As a result, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report has shown an increase in drug addiction treatment sought and undergone by marijuana users, with 37 percent of  that those entering treatment [...]

Buprenorphine use has become popular in addiction treatment in recent years, as a means of treating physical addiction to opiates such as heroin or prescription painkillers. Marketed under the popular brand name Subutex, buprenorphine works to reduce opiate cravings by acting as a decoy for opiate presence in the brain. Users experience lowered withdrawal symptoms [...]