Marijuana Addiction
Many people and even professionals hold the opinion that marijuana is not addictive.
This is simply a misunderstanding and not true.
Marijuana addiction, especially on a mental or emotional level has been on the increase in terms of numbers and severity for some time.
The potency of marijuana such as Canadian ‘BC Bud’ and hydroponically engineered pot is many times that of the marijuana of past days. Inability of users to control their use of this substance and Narconon Arrowhead statistics show a steady increase in the number of program participants with marijuana as their main drug of
abuse and addiction.
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A drug
treatment center to be truly effective needs to address the entire individual as well as the many situations the individual finds himself involved with as a result of
addiction and/or alcoholism.
Drug
treatment centers deal with the actual drug
addictions of the individual of course, but an effective
drug treatment center and its personnel also realize that there are issues such as legal, financial, family, and especially guilt and depression that must be resolved for the individual to realize a life that is truly drug free and productive.
Narconon Arrowhead Drug
Treatment Center addresses all factors necessary for the individual to be able to return home drug free and productive for a life time.
Just getting clean is never enough!
As an opiate, regular use of methadone causes physical dependency - if you've been using it regularly (prescribed or not) once you stop you will experience a withdrawal. The physical changes due to the drug are similar to other opiates (like heroin). If you are a woman using methadone you may not have regular periods - but you are still able to conceive. Methadone is a long-acting opioid; it has an effect for up to 36 hours (if you are using methadone you will not withdraw for this period) A Personal story of methadone withdrawal:
“I've been on both ends of withdrawals, heroin and methadone, every patient of methadone will always tell you the same, as I do; I can kick heroin anytime, but methadone that is something else. In 15 yrs of heroin addiction, I've kicked 3 times, 'cold-turkey'. In 10 years on methadone I've never kicked methadone.”
This is a broad general view of
addiction as different substances create different symptoms and effects on the individual and often
addiction is to more than one substance.
Addiction generally is a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs or alcohol despite adverse social, mental, and physical consequences. It is usually accompanied by physiological and physical dependence with the appearance of withdrawal symptoms when the drug or alcohol is rapidly decreased or terminated.
When addiction
exists, the
drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage.
Drug
abuse can and does take many forms. The corporate CEO addicted to cocaine, The college alcohol and drug binge party, A small child mis-diagnosed and addicted to Ritalin, the housewife unable to get through the day without her anti-depressants, to the hardworking husband now trapped in the use of painkillers.
There is hardly an American household who doesn’t know someone adversely affected by drug abuse.
At Narconon Arrowhead drug
rehab facility we deal with the individual affected by drug abuse.
Each has their own story and each has individual issues and problems needing confronted and solved in order to achieve a lasting and permanent drug free and productive lifestyle.
Not labels and categorizing of people, but life skills learned and applied to the individual to resolve their situations.
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