May 20th, 2012
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May 20th, 2012
Substance Abuse: Once a person is too far gone you never recover
Hello and thanks for your reply. What I was trying to say by my statement I wrote that “when it comes to alcohol and substance abuse, once a person is too far gone they never recover is this: A lot of people who have abused drugs such as IV Heroin, had to be put on methadone treatment. The damage done to their body is so bad because of the addiction their body is weak, bones are weak, etc. In general their health is downhill from that point. God, faith and a miracle is the only thing that can get their health back to where they will live a lengthy time once being addicted for a certain period of time. I know true people/actual cases.
One female I am aware of was hooked on drugs and did manage to get help and stop using but sad to say, she died a few years later as doctors stated too much damage had been done to the body by her drug abuse which led to medical complications even after she stopped using.
Another person is alive right now whose case I am personally aware of who had a fight against drug addiction also, managed to get help by methadone treatment and/or stop using to the best of my knowledge but their body is in terrible shape. Just as with the other case above. Damage is done that is irreversible due to the drug use. Sad to say, but the truth is here again, this person is not going to live long based on the condition of the body.
Yes, you can stop using/abusing substances but you will never truly recover unless a total miracle from God. You may continue to live after abusing for a certain length of time but depending on damage the use has done to the body over that period of time, your life will be cut short.
There are cases where people abuse alcohol and think it’s no big deal, not that serious. They drink not knowing what is enough for them, what is too much.
A person died in their 20′s from alcohol abuse. Doctor’s said too much damage was done and there was nothing they could do. They notified family/friends and just waited for them to die. Only a total miracle could have saved their life because they needed new body parts.
Yes, people take risks and abuse substances but we fail to think of the damage it does internally to the body. Damage we may not know is there yet and/or if we have symptoms, we ignore them. Once our liver is destroyed by substance abuse/addiction, once substance abuse addiction has eaten away our body to the point we are down to like 110 lbs. or less, folks we are too far gone. Once it has damaged our internal organs to the point that even after we get help and stop using, it will still cause serious health problems that will eventually result in death within a few years, we are too far gone.
One guy abused drugs, got help and ended up dead a few years later. A friend of his who abused drugs also, had damage done to the body, ended up dead as well shortly after him. One more guy who they were acquainted with is still alive by a miracle, but his body is severely deteriorated looking, he has lost a lot of weight and can barely walk. He is not going to live long.
There is a case of an elderly man who abused substances. Yes he lived for a while but he still recently died due to damage done to the body.
There is a case involving an elderly woman who abused substances. Yes she continued to live after abusing substances for a while, but she eventually developed cancer in her body, needed operations, etc. and still eventually died within the next few years once her condition was fully aware of.
We as people need to start looking at substance abuse a lot more seriously. “Truth”. Truth is we act like it’s a joke many of us. We don’t care and/or think about the seriousness of using substances until we become ill due to it, as well as become aware of damage it has done to our body which may be irreversible too far gone once found. I have to admit based on what I have seen with my own eyes: People who like drinking alcohol, using drugs think it’s fun and cool, that is until they are hit with the cold blow by a doctor in a hospital telling them their liver is gone, they have cirrhosis and/or they have so much damage done to their body they won’t live long and there is nothing the doctor’s can do but just medicate them and/or other to try to keep them alive as long as possible.
Yes, people can abuse substances, go through rehab/treatment and still live. That does not mean they will live out a normal life though, which they often find out not far down the road. Some people just keep the news to them self and don’t tell others, but they know.
Yes, you can abuse substances, get help and manage to get through it but the body will never be the same again unless a miracle from God and I do believe in miracles but we have to face reality, how many people who have had very bad substance abuse addictions do we ever see their body go back to being in the healthy condition it was in before they abused substances???
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May 17th, 2012
The FSM Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program will conduct a survey of the National Outcome Measures for the program during the fourth week of May in all the FSM states according to President Mori in his May 14 letter to the respective governors.
The baseline substance use and abuse data will be collected to assist the SAMH Program in it tracking and monitoring requirements.
The survey is also part of funding requirements for federally funded programs.
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May 17th, 2012
Not New York City, not Los Angeles and not Chicago! It is Sioux Falls South Dakota that has an organization in the forefront of helping business, communities and the taxpayer understand the growing costs of the drug epidemic in our country. Thanks to Charlie Day and Kevin Kirby, Face It Together has put together a working plan for business and community leaders around the country. http://www.wefaceittogether.org/ The radio show has long waited for an organization in the country that has the insight and creativity to bring business to the forefront of creating solutions to the nation’s largest health crisis.
“Public policy” has had little success at helping curtail the growing costs from drug misuse. Face It Together believes in private sector solutions and has created a program to both help business save money and help communities become proactive in stopping the human and economic destruction substance abuse is creating in too many families and beyond.
Radio show guest writer Erich Curnow from Examiner.com has summarized it best on the economic damage to our country. “Estimates of the total overall costs of substance abuse in the United States, including productivity and health- and crime-related costs, exceed $600 billion annually. This includes approximately $181 billion for illicit drugs,$193 billion for tobacco, and $235 billion for alcohol.” http://www.examiner.com/article/pennsylvania-politicos-pushing-our-collective-luck-with-budget-reduction
In comparison, the National Institute of Health estimated the overall costs from cancer to be almost $227 billion in 2007. http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerBasics/economic-impact-of-cancer
In the recently released March 2012 report from The Office of Drug Control Policy, it is estimated that over 23 million people are in need of “specialized treatment for a substance use disorder” and a small percentage of people are receiving the help they need. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/2012_ndcs.pdf
The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) “will expand access to substance use disorder treatment and help establish it as part of main stream health care systems.” “When the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented in 2014, millions more Americans will have coverage”.
In other words, America’s business and taxpayer are facing billions of dollars in direct costs for treatment and recovery. Ironically, this is a bargain. Both Erich Curnow and The Office of Drug Policy site 7:1 costs savings of treating addiction over allowing the status quo.
My congratulations to Face It Together in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for bringing a program and plan to America’s business community to confront addiction.
After reading this, every CEO and Human Resource VP should be picking up the phone to call Face It Together.
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May 14th, 2012
For one construction worker, it was a lucky escape.
On a cold winter’s day in early 2009, the worker in question hurled himself off the 36th floor of a Lower Manhattan building.
Earlier, on his way up, his supervisor had told him to put on a harness, to which he responded that he didn’t need one.
Exactly why he jumped is not known. What we do know, however, is that he was intoxicated.
Fortunately, in this case, he landed on protective netting one floor below and was not injured (though, unsurprisingly, he was fired immediately). However, the case highlights the potential safety effects of drugs and alcohol on construction sites not just in the US but throughout the world.
The problem is not new. Indeed, an American study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2007 found that construction workers accounted for an alarming 15.4 per cent of drug users (second only to the food and service industry’s 17.1 per cent) and came first among all sectors of full-time workers with 17.4 per cent of heavy drinkers.
In this context, efforts to tackle the problem at an industry level are vital. In the latest development, five of America’s largest construction trade associations have teamed up to form the Construction Coalition for a Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace (CCADFW), which will aim to create a drug and alcohol free industry by providing companies with the resources necessary to implement drug and alcohol-free practices on their worksites.
On its recently launched website, CCADFW provides educational materials and state-by-state policies and guidance regarding substance abuse testing. The website also allows construction firms to sign a public pledge to create and maintain a workplace free of substance abuse.
The five associations behind the CCADFW include Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT), Construction Users’ Roundtable (CURT) and Women Construction Owners & Executives (WCOE).
Drugs and construction sites ‘do not mix’
The associations behind the new initiative are united in their belief that alcohol and drugs have no place on construction sites and that an industry-wide effort is needed to combat the problem.
“Drugs and construction sites do not mix,” WCOE national executive director Penny Pompei says, adding that small businesses often don’t have the resources to develop in-depth substance abuse awareness and prevention programs.
ABC President and CEO Michael D. Bellaman agrees.
“If we want to have an industry that is world class in safety, we have to start with a rock-solid foundation that includes an environment free of drugs and substance abuse,” he says. “This coalition is a way to help companies build that foundation so we can continue toward our goal of eliminating all fatalities on construction worksites.”
Business owners, workers themselves and families of workers no doubt agree. Workers deserve a safe work environment and that means a drug and alcohol free environment.
The worker mentioned above who jumped from the Manhattan building was lucky to land on a safety net.
It would have been far better however, if he hadn’t been drinking and had not jumped at all.
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May 14th, 2012
(CBS News) Despite all the risks, about one in five white women still smoke cigarettes while pregnant, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), showed that 21.8 percent of white women aged 15 to 44 admitted to having cigarettes while having a baby. Black and Hispanic women reported lower rates at 14.2 percent and 6.5 percent respectively.
When it came to illicit drug use, 7.7 percent of pregnant black women admitted to using illicit substances, compared with 4.4 percent of pregnant white women and 3.1 percent of pregnant Hispanic women, the study revealed.
Alcohol use was also relatively high with 12 to 13 percent of pregnant black and white women admitting to drinking. Hispanic women reported the lowest alcohol consumption rates.
“When pregnant women use alcohol, tobacco, or illicit substances they are risking health problems for themselves and poor birth outcomes for their babies,” said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde.
“Pregnant women of different races and ethnicities may have diverse patterns of substance abuse. It is essential that we use the findings from this report to develop better ways of getting this key message out to every segment of our community so that no woman or child is endangered by substance use and abuse,” said Hyde.
Smoking while pregnant can lead to pregnancy complications, premature birth, low-birth weight infants, stillbirth and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Smoking can also cause problems with the placenta, which delivers food and oxygen to the fetus. If a mother decided to quit smoking, her fetus will get more oxygen – even with just one day of not consuming cigarettes.
Consuming alcohol while pregnant can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and a range of lifelong disorders, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), according to the CDC.
FASD is completely 100 percent preventable as long as a mother doesn’t drink while pregnant.
There is no known amount of alcohol that is safe to consume during pregnancy nor is there a better time to drink while pregnant.
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May 11th, 2012
Niko and I just went to lunch at this kinda skeezy place on the corner. It’s a dive bar that looks like it has a 50% chance of having operating light bulbs and might serve moonshine on tap. I think I saw a stuffed goat head on the wall and some concentrated hipster evil evaporating out of the bar vents. I’d imagine one could find some interesting porn in the bathrooms. I didn’t check it out because I like my facilities bleached and free from terror, thanks. But this place serves food and has a little outdoor area and the kids fell asleep in their stroller on a walk, so why not? We sat. We were the only people there because it was like 3:00 in the afternoon. That’s when cool kids in khakis like us eat dinner. Also old people. (Foreshadowing!)
This guy comes out and asks if it’s okay to smoke. I say yes. Hey, it’s outside and smoking is legal last time I checked and I’m just not one of those people to get in a twist about adults doing adult things. I thanked him for asking, but said to go right ahead and light up. He gets kind of weird and points at my kids and goes, “Oh, just tax deductions! Who cares about them!” like I was some kind of unfit parent because I didn’t mind him smoking twenty feet away OUTSIDE. What is he, a cutter?
A few minutes later his lady friend comes barreling out of the bar to join him. They’ve both got to be in their or 60s or older and they’re drunk as skunks. Drunk Urban Grandma plops herself down at our table with a beer nestled inside an adorably drunk grandma-ish beer cozy made to look like a Cubs jersey complete with arms. Soon, she starts grilling us. First she wants to know if Niko is a movie star. But the sunglasses! He’s wearing SUNGLASSES! Like a movie star! She gets progressively upset when she does not get a clear answer.
Then she moves on to the girls. I was like, “oh, this one’s three and the other one is 15 months” - the last moment of any semblance of cool – but she’s like “That’s not what I asked. I would NEVER let a kid sleep like that. NEVER! Would I EVER! Why aren’t they playing? Don’t your kids PLAY? Did you drug them? That one looks like a rhino on a ride at Disney world” (Whatever that is supposed to mean.) Finally her Drunk Grandpa Boyfriend whisks her away as our food arrives and tells her to “let these people eat.” Fine. I gnaw a fry and move on.
Then I lose it because she moves two tables away and starts ripping into my kids again. “That kid looks drugged! That’s an unfit mother!” and on and on. Finally I muster a little bradava and go, “I can hear you” but she keeps on zinging insults at me. I decided to enter hell’s tavern to tell the bartender to cut her off. The barkeep gets all butch nonchalant on me like, “it’s a bar” because presumably, I should just deal with it. Thankfully in spite of this dismissal, the bartender does come outside and whispers something to Drunk Urban Grandma that shuts her up for about four minutes.
It was a mistake to assume peace.
Drunk Urban Grandma then begins swearing and insulting me further. “You just let those kids sleep all day! They should be playing! They look half dead! You’re a horrible mother! I play with the neighbor kids that I know! That’s how it should be!” Her man friend ushers her back inside where she stumbles over the threshold and she begins yelling at the bar at large.
I made the mistake of saying, “if she insults me again, I’ll call the cops for drunk and disorderly”. He stomps off behind her. Then the man returns, gets right in my face and says, “it was a pleasure to meet you. If you weren’t such a BITCH.”
Hay-o! I think we have a few unstable bar patrons with substance abuse problems hanging out on Clark Street! What am I, like a bug lamp for random elderly bar sadists? I mean seriously, how does this stuff happen to me? We just threw our cash down and left. I told the bartender what happened and was met with a blank stare. Of course.
I suppose there is a lesson to be learned here folks. Just stay inside? Move to the suburbs? Don’t let your kids take naps in their stroller? Don’t make even polite small talk with strangers lest it turn ugly? Stay off offline, inside and never interact with another human being?
Or perhaps the lesson is “count your blessings that you have a normal, beautiful life and that there are some seriously sad people?” Party on, Drunk Urban Grandma.
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May 11th, 2012
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May 9, 2012 – Substance abuse is one of the leading problems of the world today. For this reason, a lot of substance abuse rehabilitation centers are being put up in order to help those who want to recover from their addiction. However, excellent staffing for these institutions is a must in order to help patients fully recover from their substance abuse problem.
Contrary to what many believe, not just anyone can volunteer to work in a substance abuse rehabilitation center. Proper schooling is required before one to be able to work in a rehab center. For this, one would need to take tests and complete other requirements to achieve the necessary certificates and affiliations that they would need to present when they apply to a substance abuse center. One of the best credentials that one can present to employers is a certificate of completion of a substance abuse counseling program.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals aims to develop highly specialized substance abuse counseling program certifications for healthcare professionals who are interested in working with substance abuse patients. Graduates of AIHCP are guaranteed to have undergone specialized training in substance abuse counseling and can assure strict adherence to the code of ethics set for health care professionals who are employed in substance abuse centers.
AIHCP currently offers 8 continuous education courses centered towards substance abuse rehabilitation. After completion of the 214 contact hours required in the continuous education programs will applicants be able to apply for the Substance Abuse Practitioner Certification Program. AIHCP aims to develop substance abuse counselors that can educate and rehabilitate substance abuse patients in a structured process. They also advocate the benefits of living clean so that patients won’t relapse once they graduate from rehab.
What makes AIHCP different from other institutions that offer such programs is the fact that everything is done through distance learning. This means that health care practitioners can carry on with their day jobs while they are in the process of acquiring their certifications. Classes are conducted by their certified faculty members inside an online classroom and learning resources are made available for the students through modules, message boards, and chat rooms where students may interact with one another at any time.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals also offers other courses and certification programs in areas such as grief counseling, hypnosis, and care management. For more information about the American Institute of Health Care Professionals and their offered programs, visit their website at http://www.aihcp.org/.
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May 8th, 2012
thefilmarchive.org The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws. A UN report said the global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003. With a world GDP of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as slightly less than 1% (0.893%) of total global commerce. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally. The US Federal Government is an opponent of the illegal drug trade; however, state laws vary greatly and in some cases contradict federal laws. Despite the US government’s official position against the drug trade, US government agents and assets have been implicated in the drug trade and were caught and investigated during the Iran-Contra scandal, implicated in the use of the drug trade as a secret source of funding for the USA’s support of the Contras. Page 41 of the December 1988 Kerry report to the US Senate states that "indeed senior US policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contra’s funding problem." Acclaimed investigator and former DEA agent Michael Levine has alleged that the CIA participated in orchestrating the 1980 Cocaine Coup in Bolivia to install an Operation Condor military government, in place of the pre-coup civilian <b>…</b>
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May 8th, 2012
Our abstract from the APA research meeting is now available online along with all of the other APA research abstracts at the APA meeting website. A copy of the abstract is below! Enjoy!
Online Social Networking Sites are Drug Use Triggers among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment
Chair: David Tran B.A.; Author(s): Keith Heinzerling, M.D., M.P.H.; James McCracken, M.D.
Summary:
OBJECTIVES: Exposure to environmental cues previously associated with drug use (“people, places, and things”) is a common precipitant of drug relapse among persons receiving treatment for drug addiction. Social networks also influence substance use and this effect may be mediated via environmental cues. Use of online social networking sites has increased dramatically especially among youth. Yet the extent to which online social networking may be a source of exposure to drug
cues (“people, places, things”) among youth in substance abuse treatment is not known. This study surveyed youth in substance abuse treatment on their use of online social networking and potential exposure to drug cues.
METHODS: A 20‑question questionnaire was administered to 37 youth, aged 12 to 18, who are receiving substance abuse treatment at an adolescent treatment center in East LA. The proportion of youth who report use of online social networking sites, as well as, the proportion who report exposure to drug‑related cues was calculated. Demographics of youth who do and do not report use of social networking sites and, among those who do, exposure to drug‑cues will be compared via t‑tests and chi square analysis.
RESULTS: (1) On youth in substance abuse treatment: 92% use online social networking sites, with a majority using Facebook. 89% report marijuana as his/her drug of choice. (2) On level of exposure to drug‑related information from use of social networking sites: 88% of boys and 100% of girls reported that his/her friends on Facebook/MySpace/Twitter use drugs (p = 0.145). 94% of adolescents reported his/her friends post on drug‑related content whereas 22% reported his/her friends post on recovery‑related content (p = 0). 77% of girls and 53% of boys report that something on Facebook/MySpace/Twitter made them feel like they wanted to use drugs (p = 0.169).
CONCLUSION: A majority of youth in treatment use social networking sites. Their drug of choice is marijuana. Drug cues via online social networking exist and influence youth to use drug while in treatment. These results will be used to design an intervention to mitigate online risks to substance abuse treatment outcomes.
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