- Addictions Resources (Homer and Dillon)
- Provides a listing of factsheets, resources, and groups.
- Alcoholics Anonymous Resources
- Provides sources of resources. 3-05
- Alcoholism (About.com - Buddy T.)
- Provides news, facts, statistics, treatments, community resources, dealing with family members with alcoholism, and more. 2-01
- Dual Diagnosis (Sciacca)
- Provides a series of articles related to dual diagnosis - mental health problems combined with addictions.
- Suboxone Provider Directory
- "Opioid addiction is a serious matter. If the addiction is not identified and properly treated it can take over your life or even take your life. Here you will find one of the most comprehensive directories of doctors and treatment centers who can prescribe suboxone treatment." Please see "Find a Doctor." 12-14
- Substance Abuse Treatment Hotline (AddictionCareOptions.com)
- Provides a hotline number (1-800-547-4615) for gaining local information for detox, crisis, or other treatment for alcoholism, cocaine, heroin, crystal methamphetamine, crack, prescriptions addiction, marijuana, and other addicitions. 12-03
- News Related to Addictions (Join-Together)
- Provides news stories on efforts to reduce the use of drugs. 06-13
- -Study: Five Types of Alcoholics (CBS News)
- "New alcoholism research identifies five types of alcoholics and shows that young adults account for more than half of U.S. alcoholics." 07-07
- -Study: Medications Now Helpful with Treating Addictions (CNN News)
- "These findings highlight what's become increasingly clear: Addiction is a brain disease, not just a failure of willpower. Naltrexone and topiramate have slightly different mechanisms, but both seem to block the release of brain chemicals that are linked to pleasure and excitement. Unlike earlier drugs used to treat alcoholics, neither is addictive or carries significant side effects. It does appear that each might work better in certain subgroups -- topiramate for repeat relapsers, and naltrexone in people with a strong family history of alcoholism." 04-09
- Addictions Fact Sheets
- Provides articles. 10-09
- Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Steps (AA.org)
- Provides meeting locations and an online book on the 12 steps involved with recovery from alcoholism.
- Alcoholism (Healthopedia.com)
- Provides detailed information, listed by condition.
- Articles on Suboxone
- "Provides informative and educational content on suboxone and related topics." 12-14
- Best Practices in Addiction Treatment (NATTC.org)
- "This step-by-step guide will assist you in developing and implementing a "Best Practices in Addiction Treatment Workshop." This workshop model provides treatment practitioners with information about the value of using evidence-based practices in their treatment design." 10-10
- Device on Ankle Monitors Alcohol Use (ABC News)
- "After an offender consumes a few drinks, the device relays the information to a computer where the results can be checked. The system can also tell whether the device has been tampered with and, in some states, the offender is also monitored by the global positioning system so authorities know his or her location. There are 2,200 people in the United States being monitored by SCRAM." 12-05
- Drug Addiction Treatment - Research-Based Guide (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Provides the first-ever guide to drug-addiction treatment, based on the latest research. NIDA emphasizes that "there is no one-size-fits-all drug-addiction treatment program." Also explains, "The best programs provide a combination of therapies and other services, such as referral to other medical, psychological, and social services." Treatment of less than 90 days usually doesn't help. 10-10
- Drug Treatment Improving (Time.com)
- "They know now, for example, that the 20% success rate can shoot up to 40% if treatment is ongoing (very much the AA model, which is most effective when members continue to attend meetings long after their last drink). Armed with an array of increasingly sophisticated technology, including fMRIs and PET scans, investigators have begun to figure out exactly what goes wrong in the brain of an addict--which neurotransmitting chemicals are out of balance and what regions of the brain are affected. They are developing a more detailed understanding of how deeply and completely addiction can affect the brain, by hijacking memory-making processes and by exploiting emotions. Using that knowledge, they've begun to design new drugs that are showing promise in cutting off the craving that drives an addict irresistibly toward relapse--the greatest risk facing even the most dedicated abstainer." 06-11
- Naltrexone - Injectable Naltrexone Reduces Cravings for Men Only (Wilx.com)
- "An old treatment is making a comeback in the battle against alcoholism. Scientists have made a simple change in a drug used to curb cravings, and it's making a big difference in its success. But there's a catch. With this new version, early research suggests it only works in men."
"A study of more than 600 men and women found the injection curbed heavy drinking in men by nearly 50-percent compared to a placebo." 10-10
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Provides treatment and prevention information based on the results of research. 10-15-99.
- Study to Define Alcoholism (Time.com)
- "A new report shows that very few people who drink heavily are actually dependent on alcohol, contrary to some assumptions." 11-14
- Surprising Results From 'Wet Houses' (Time.com)
- "It sounds like an alcoholic's vision of heaven: a free place to live, paid expenses (mostly), and an ample supply of booze. But the reality of 'wet houses' for homeless alcoholics looks more like hell, even as these programs — which take their residents off the streets — reduce costs to taxpayers and health-care providers."
"Research conducted on a similar program in Seattle and published in 2009 in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed remarkable savings in public spending. The year prior to the opening of the wet house, its 95 participants had cost the government nearly $8.2 million in policing, jail, detox and other medical spending, an average of $4,066 per person per month. But after moving into the wet house, costs were reduced to $1,492 per person monthly after six months, and to $958 after 12 months." 04-11
- The Cause of Addiction (Huffington Post)
- "Professor Alexander argues this discovery is a profound challenge both to the right-wing view that addiction is a moral failing caused by too much hedonistic partying, and the liberal view that addiction is a disease taking place in a chemically hijacked brain. In fact, he argues, addiction is an adaptation. It's not you. It's your cage."
"After the first phase of Rat Park, Professor Alexander then took this test further. He reran the early experiments, where the rats were left alone, and became compulsive users of the drug. He let them use for fifty-seven days -- if anything can hook you, it's that. Then he took them out of isolation, and placed them in Rat Park. He wanted to know, if you fall into that state of addiction, is your brain hijacked, so you can't recover? Do the drugs take you over? What happened is -- again -- striking. The rats seemed to have a few twitches of withdrawal, but they soon stopped their heavy use, and went back to having a normal life. The good cage saved them." 12-14
- U.S. Supreme Court OKs Medical Marijuana Prosecution (Fox News)
- "Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court (search) ruled Monday, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug." 10-10
- Addiction Helpline (RecoveryConnection.org)
- "Are you worried about the drugs and alcohol—do you think it's too much? Are your relationships, health and finances strained? Stopping drugs and alcohol abruptly can put your life at risk. Detox and drug rehabs have medical staff who can treat you comfortably while eliminating any health risks." 06-13