Heroin Information
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Heroin Detox
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Heroin Detox Centre – Heroin Detox Clinic
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Heroin Rehab Centre – Heroin Rehab Clinic
When an individual enters a heroin rehab centre ...
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Heroin Rehab program
Whilst it is possible to get community-based treatment based, research has shown that retention in a residential treatment programme is the option most likely to resu ...
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Heroin Treatment
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Heroin is an extremely addictive drug. Heroin is one of the most misused drugs and heroin addiction is very serious. Heroin is illegal and some forms of the drug bought on the streets can be highly dangerous as they are often cut with other ...
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People have always assumed a link between addiction and crime. It is relatively understandable why people jump to this conclusion, in the case of illicit drugs, the mere action is in fact a crime. However it is not just illeg ...
Article published on 02/02/2012 by Addiction Advisor
In order to prepare for a rehabilitation programme it is often important for someone suffering from a drug addiction to go through a detox in order for them to be free of all substances as this increases the likelihood of a successful re ...
Article published on 02/02/2012 by Addiction Advisor
When we consider those suffering from addiction, we may often think of disheveled individuals who will do anything in order to obtain their next 'fix', and we may feel sorry for that individual or anger towards them and how they are hurt ...
Article published on 02/02/2012 by Addiction Advisor
The trends in drug use have varied over recent years, and can be reflective of a number of things including culture, cost and accessibility of different types of drugs. The DrugScope Street Drug Trends Survey (2009) found that more peopl ...
Article published on 25/01/2012 by Addiction Advisor
There are many different types of treatment available for heroin addiction, ranging from residential rehab centers UK to community based detox maintenance programmes. During treatment there ar ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
The impact of a heroin addiction both on the individual’s health and lifestyle, including social issues around criminal activities have led to a range of treatment options being explored. Alongside residential treatment at ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Most residential treatment rehab programmes will be abstinence based. However, some international studies have found that the majority of patients lapse within one month of discharge. A lapse ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
In order to increase detoxification access for heroin users, and minimise frequent relapse typical to heroin dependent users, it is important to consult and recognise the views of those attempting to access a heroin detox.
Resear ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Recent policy changes have begun to try to incorporate approaches that are more person-centred and individualised (Best et al., 2010). With more emphasis on the recovery approach being made in community settings concerns have been raised ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Brief motivational interventions refer to discussions with alcohol and substance users which aim to bring about positive changes in their substance use related behaviour. Bernstein et al. (2005) note that these interventions have often b ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral infection that is common among injecting drug users. In Ireland, as in other developed countries, injecting drug use accounts for most Hepatitis C infections, with prevalence rates of 62%-81%. Therefore ...
Article published on 06/12/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Drug Treatment Centres
According to the National Treatment Agency (NTA) for Substance Misuse, approximately 3.8 million people throughout England and Wales use at least one illegal substance each year. Further, class A d ...
Article published on 04/08/2011 by Addiction Advisor
DRUG REHAB CENTRES
Generally there is a distinct lack of research into drug rehabilitation centres in the UK and it is assumed that this is because there is a lack of research interest and funding in this area. That said, the r ...
Article published on 14/07/2011 by Addiction Advisor
Region of the brain activated during drugs relapse
US scientists have identified an area ...
Article published on 18/03/2011 by Addiction Advisor
About 11% of the 4 million babies born in the US each year have been exposed to alcohol or illicit drugs in the womb, according to a June 2006 report by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. If removed from the home by c ...
Article published on 13/01/2009 by Addiction Advisor
DrugScope recently welcomed the publication of new figures from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) on the numbers of young people who have received specialist support for drug and alcohol misuse. Until now, reliable da ...
Article published on 04/01/2009 by Addiction Advisor
An independent review investigating the effectiveness of a publicly funded graphic anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign has found that the campaign has been associated with many negative outcomes. The review was published in the Decemb ...
Article published on 24/12/2008 by Addiction Advisor
The latest Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report - drawn from a sample of hospital emergency departments across the Nation - indicates that more than 1.7 million visits for treatment were associated with some form of substance misuse or ...
Article published on 19/12/2008 by Addiction Advisor
After serving time, prisoners battling heroin addiction, mental illness and HIV face many challenges as they re-enter society. As part of an effort to make this transition easier on both the prisoner and the community, researchers at the Ya ...
Article published on 16/12/2008 by Addiction Advisor
A new UK Drugs Policy Commission has been published - Working towards recovery, Getting problem drug users into jobs. The review reaches a wide range of conclusions on getting problem drug users 'fit for the job' and addressing employers' c ...
Article published on 10/12/2008 by Addiction Advisor
A review and research findings published today by the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) concludes that Government efforts to get drug users into jobs through welfare reform proposals announced recently may not work unless more radical steps ...
Article published on 08/12/2008 by Addiction Advisor
The National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (np-SAD) recently published its annual report on drug-related deaths in the UK.Some of the main findings of the report include: Notifications of 1,539 drug-related deaths oc ...
Article published on 30/11/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Improving outcomes for service users with complex needs is top of the agenda for a new partnership of charities working around social exclusion. Homeless Link, Clinks, DrugScope and Mind are working together to promote and influ ...
Article published on 25/11/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Concateno plc, Europe's largest provider of drug and alcohol testing programmes, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) have recently announced an innovative handheld drugs-of-abuse detection device.Concateno-Philips ...
Article published on 16/11/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Adolescents addicted to opioids who received continuing treatment with the combination medication buprenorphine-naloxone had lower rates of testing positive or reporting use of opioids compared to youths who went through a short-term detoxi ...
Article published on 14/11/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Avigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGN), a biopharmaceutical company innovating therapeutics for neurological care, recently announced the launch of an exploratory study of the company's pipeline product, AV411 (ibudilast), for the treatment of opioid ...
Article published on 29/10/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Figures published today by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) show that more than 202,000 people were recorded in drug treatment for 2007/08, which over-achieves the target set by the government. More than ...
Article published on 29/10/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are to use MRI technology to discover whether abnormalities in the decision-making part of the brain could make some people more likely to become addicted to drugs. In a three-year stud ...
Article published on 11/10/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Scientists in Spain are reporting an advance toward a new method for determining the purity of heroin that could save lives by allowing investigators to quickly identify impure and more toxic forms of the drug being sold on the street. Unli ...
Article published on 24/09/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Researchers using positron emission tomography (PET) have validated a long-held theory that individual personality traits - particularly reward dependency - are connected to brain chemistry, a finding that has implications for better unders ...
Article published on 18/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Buprenorphine helps heroin addicts stay clean, and widespread use of the drug could prove to be an effective public health measure, U.S. researchers say.Their study of 126 detoxified heroin-dependent patients compared 24 weeks o ...
Article published on 12/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor
The mystery of why one person becomes hooked on alcohol, heroin, sex or gambling, and another remains free of addiction, lies deep in the brain and is largely determined by our genes according to one expert. Professor Wim van de ...
Article published on 18/07/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Research by a Davidson College neuroscientist and students demonstrates that the benefits of regular exercise include a lowered tendency to become addicted to illegal drugs.The online version of the journal "Drug and Alcohol Dep ...
Article published on 15/07/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Pregnant women who receive treatment for substance abuse early in their pregnancy can achieve the same health outcomes as pregnant women with no substance abuse, according to a study published online in the Journal of Perinatology. ...
Article published on 09/07/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Alkermes, Inc. recently announced the initiation of a phase 3 clinical trial of VIVITROL® - a drug for the treatment of opioid dependence. The multi-centre study is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of VIVITROL in approximately 200 ...
Article published on 03/06/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Drug users can be taught to identify and quickly respond to overdoses of heroin or other opioids as effectively as medical experts, a Yale University study suggests.The study supports efforts of some drug counsellors, physicians ...
Article published on 02/06/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain's 'reward p ...
Article published on 02/06/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Drug workers in South Wales have expressed concern that more and more young people are taking heroin, including children as young as six.Information obtained by BBC Wales revealed that the youngest person arrested in recent year ...
Article published on 02/05/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Concerns about the type of care received by drug addicts in Scotland have been raised by a government advisory committee.The Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse has suggested that ministers rethink their drug treatment poli ...
Article published on 25/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor
A new report from the UK Drug Policy Commission has criticised the treatment of drug addicts in Britain's prisons.The think tank recommended more community sentences for criminals with substance abuse problems, arguing that too ma ...
Article published on 18/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor
US students are turning to prescription drugs for recreational use, leading to many being at risk of addiction, new figures have suggested.A study has revealed that around 20 per cent of students in America are using medicines suc ...
Article published on 07/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor
Use of the popular recreational drug Ecstasy inflicts damage to the brain akin to a traumatic brain injury, researchers claim. Scientists from the University of Florida have found similarities between the chemical effects of drug' ...
Article published on 23/02/2008 by Addiction Advisor
A new drug for the treatment of conditions arising from long term addiction to both alcohol and drugs has been awarded a patent.The Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks granted a patent for Ropren to cover the active ingredie ...
Article published on 09/01/2008 by Addiction Advisor
