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Drug Addiction Help Drug Policy LocalCan a Minor Get Drug Rehab Without Parents Knowing?

2 days ago421 min

Confidentiality has always been a key component of rehabilitative services. The HIPAA law (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, signed by Bill Clinton in 1996), guarantees medical privacy, even for minors in many cases. But does it apply to rehabilitation for minors? Can a minor receive substance abuse rehabilitation without their parents finding out? The short answer? Maybe. By HIPAA, minors are allowed to make their own informed consent decisions about health care without...

by Alexandra LaFollette

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Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects on the Quality of Life of a Drug Addict

1 month ago3512 min

Drugs are often associated with a decline in quality of life, but to what degree? You’ve probably heard of people losing their homes, friends, family, and jobs, and may be wondering if this is true for every drug addict. We talked to former drug addicts, did as much research as possible, and feel qualified to tackle the topic of how drugs can affect your quality of life. The Aspects of Life That Drugs Effect While...

by Alexandra LaFollette

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Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects of Drug Use On Blood Pressure?

1 month ago4112 min

Drug usage has risen over the past decade and only seems to be increasing. It seems like we all know, or have known, someone in our lives who has fallen into the addiction of drug usage. While many people think about the problems, drug addiction brings, not many people think about the long-lasting health effects drugs have on your body. We scoured the internet looking for the most common reasons people avoid drugs and came...

by Alexandra LaFollette

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Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleMaking A Reward System When You Quit Drugs & Alcohol Can Help (CBT)

2 months ago15213 min

No matter what the details of your addiction recovery journey, experts agree – the use of CBT (or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, as it is known) is a powerful tool to prevent relapse and fight off temptation. One study[1] of cocaine-dependent patients even showed 60% of patients subjected to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy remained clean upon a 52-week toxicology screen! What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ? The DrugAbuse.Gov[2] website says the following about CBT: Cognitive-behavioral...

by Paul Chastain

Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleHow to Spot Drug Seeking Behaviors: Warning Signs of Substance Abuse

2 months ago16313 min

Drug addiction often involves many different substances and is certainly not limited to only illegal drugs. Drug seeking behaviors can be developed from a legally-obtained prescription from a doctor, this happens quite often. One of the leading causes of drug addiction in the United States is the over-prescription of pain-blocking narcotics. These painkillers are quite effective at treating pain but are also extremely addictive. Up to 30 percent of prescription painkillers are used by someone...

by Drew Lewis

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Drug Addiction Help Drug Policy HealthDoes the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Cover My Rehabilitation Process?

2 months ago14712 min

Inevitably, one of the first questions asked when discussing drug or alcohol rehabilitation programs is, “will my insurance company pay for it?” If you have employer-provided or otherwise “private” insurance, you must contact your insurer to discover the exact terms under which your insurance covers your recovery journey. However, if you are one of the 12,000,000 (that’s 12 million!) Americans who receive their insurance coverage via the Affordable Care Act exchange (AKA ‘Obamacare’), you are...

by Kreed Kleinkopf

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Drug Addiction Help Drug PolicyAre Drug Rehab Recruiters Exploiting a Body Brokering Loophole?

2 months ago17715 min

As we outlined in part 1 of this series, body brokering has been made illegal at the Federal level with the passage of the 2018 SUPPORT act. However, this bill contains an unfortunate loophole. This allows drug rehab centers to continue to use body brokering to recruit new patients into their facilities. Drug rehabilitation facilities have found a loophole to keep using patient brokers: just start calling them “recruiters.” The 2018 SUPPORT for Patients and...

by Paul Chastain

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Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleWhat Illicit Drugs Cause Red Eyes? Signs of Substance Abuse

2 months ago15212 min

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH), the number of Americans using illicit drugs is on the rise. According to a study conducted in 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans (9.4% of the population) over the age of 11 had used an illegal drug in the past month. A similar study was conducted in 2002, which showed only 8.3% of the population using illicit drugs. [1] As drug use continues to rise, ‘it’s imperative to...

by Kreed Kleinkopf

Drug Addiction Help General HealthWho Is More Likely to Do Drugs? Knowing the Risk Factors

2 months ago310412 min

Nearly everyone is exposed to drugs at some point in their life, whether it be at school, work, with friends, or something you seek out on your own. One hot topic of debate has been whether we can predict who potential drug addicts are before they become addicted.

by Kreed Kleinkopf

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Drug Addiction Help Drug PolicyDrug Rehab Recruiters: How the Addiction Treatment Industry Still Participates in Body Brokering.

3 months ago318916 min

In case you’ve been living under a rock, or are one of the lucky FEW people in the United States who hasn’t been impacted by the opioid epidemic, or drug overdose crisis in some way, you may not have come across the term “body-brokering” before. Body brokering, by large part has been used to keep the addiction treatment industry afloat. Many drug rehabilitation centers still use body brokers, or “drug rehab recruiters” to fill their...

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Drug Addiction Help Drug Policy LocalCan a Minor Get Drug Rehab Without Parents Knowing?

Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects on the Quality of Life of a Drug Addict

Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects of Drug Use On Blood Pressure?

Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleMaking A Reward System When You Quit Drugs & Alcohol Can Help (CBT)

Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleHow to Spot Drug Seeking Behaviors: Warning Signs of Substance Abuse

Drug Addiction Help Drug Policy HealthDoes the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Cover My Rehabilitation Process?

Drug Addiction Help Drug PolicyAre Drug Rehab Recruiters Exploiting a Body Brokering Loophole?

Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleWhat Illicit Drugs Cause Red Eyes? Signs of Substance Abuse

Drug Addiction Help General HealthWho Is More Likely to Do Drugs? Knowing the Risk Factors

Drug Addiction Help Drug PolicyDrug Rehab Recruiters: How the Addiction Treatment Industry Still Participates in Body Brokering.

Drug Addiction Help Drug Policy LocalCan a Minor Get Drug Rehab Without Parents Knowing?

Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects on the Quality of Life of a Drug Addict

Drug Addiction Help HealthWhat Are the Effects of Drug Use On Blood Pressure?

Drug PolicyDrug Rehab Marketing: Recruiters, Body Brokers & Other Shady Practices in the Treatment Industry

Drug Addiction Help Health LifestyleMaking A Reward System When You Quit Drugs & Alcohol Can Help (CBT)