Heavy Price for Drug Addiction

As they say, for whatever it is that you do, there’s always a price that you have to pay. It’s just like saying that if you do good, then you will be getting something good in return as well. But if you do something bad, you are likely to suffer as a result. This is very true when talking about drug addiction. Abuse of drugs lead to something harmful and dangerous, reaching the point of losing one’s life.

This is what happened to a youth in Manjunathapura in Mysuru. The youth was addicted to marijuana because the substance is easily available in Mysuru. He was depressed and had difficulty battling his addictions, thus leading him to commit suicide.

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Mysuru, May 280- A youth died of drug addiction at Manjunathapura in the city here on Saturday. Chandu (26) is the victim. He was allegedly addicted to marijuana. He was depressed as he was unable to come out of the addiction and committed suicide by hanging.

People allege that marijuana is easily available in Mysuru. They urge the police to take strict action to control the drug menace in the city. VV Puram police have registered a complaint. (MR/KS).

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New Statewide Resource Puts Drug Addiction Help in One Location

It’s frustrating to see that despite all the efforts to stop drug addiction, the number of people who keeps and starts using it is still increasing. What is worse is the fact that the majority of crimes, not just in one country but globally, has drug addiction as the root cause. A lot of users also harm not only other people or themselves, but even their loved ones. With addiction, one problem creates another one, thus making it really challenging it put an end to it.

With such problem, Indianapolis has initiated a new statewide resource that puts drug addiction help in one location. As Indiana ranks 7^th in the country for the highest drug use, hopefully, with this initiative, they would be able to save lives and bring a better future to everyone.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana recently ranked seventh in the country for highest drug use. The new WalletHub study looked at a number of things including the number of teenagers using and selling drugs, the number of opioid prescriptions, drug arrests, treatment facilities and more.

And when you look at the numbers, despite the efforts we’ve seen in the past few years, the number of opioid related deaths continues to rise. In 2016, there were more than 1,500 drug overdose deaths in Indiana. Now, Addiction Policy Forum wants to offer a new resource to help people struggling with drug abuse and their families.

It’s been nearly five years since Aaron Phillips died from a drug overdose at 20 years old. His mother is still on the front lines making sure other families don’t have to endure the pain she still feels.

“Shame and stigma and denial, big barriers and I’m one to openly admit that those stood in the way of getting him help I could’ve possibly gotten him,” Justin Phillips said.

Justin says knowledge and resources could’ve helped save her son. So, she’s passing that on through her work with Addiction Policy Forum. The addiction non-profit has launched a confidential phone line manned by addiction counselors and an online portal with lifesaving resources.

“We often as families and caregivers and loved ones don’t know where to turn. We don’t have one real clear resource to help us weed through the options available for us for a loved one,” Justin said.

 

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Drug Abuse Programs in Boise Using Medication Assisted Treatment

Drug abuse has been around for so many years now. Not only one country but almost, if not all, countries have problems with drug abuse and addiction. This is taken as a serious as it can greatly affect the person, the family, and the community. In fact, when we watch TV, read news online, or even listen to radios, there’s always news about drug addiction. A lot of drug-related crimes are also reported in different parts of the world.

Given this situation, various approaches and initiatives have been made to put an end to the problem. One of them is a drug abuse program. In Boise, Idaho for instance, they have come up with a program that aims to help people who are suffering from opioid use disorder through their medication assisted program.

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Drug abuse programs in Boise, Idaho are helping people with opioid use disorders with medication assisted treatment (MAT).

Idaho currently has four places that that offer MAT programs, two locations in Boise and two in Nampa. Because of that, many of the patients come from far-away places including other states such as Oregon to obtain treatment.

One of the drug abuse programs is Raise the Bottom Addiction Treatment Center, a facility that employs MAT. Approximately 300 patients enter the facility a day looking for help overcoming their addiction.

Raise the Bottom has a few core values when it comes to fulfilling their mission and vision. Those values are grace, respect, diversity, accountability, teamwork, quality, passion, integrity, adaptability and human relationships.

Jason Austin, the executive director at Raise the Bottom, stated that some people treat addiction like it’s a low class issue but he believes it is not. He said that methadone blocks the receptors in the brain that cause opioid cravings.

He stated that the cravings tend to disappear within the first week of treatment and that their patients also begin to feel hope that they can overcome their substance use disorder.

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New Rehab Center in Jackson to Focus on Opioid Addiction

Since it is considered to be a major problem, there have been various ways to deal with drug addiction. One of them is the availability of addiction treatment centers. These centers are very instrumental in helping addicted individuals to overcome their addiction and live a new and better lives. In fact, so many lives have been saved because of these centers. As long as the person is willing to be helped, overcoming addiction is always possible.

In Jackson, Michigan, there is a new rehab center that offers long-term drug addiction treatment services to people who have opioid use disorders. With this, patients will be given the option of enrolling in addiction treatment programs for one, two, or three months.

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A new rehab center that will offer long-term drug addiction treatment services to individuals who have opioid use disorders in Jackson, Michigan.

The new Jackson County rehab center will be established by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority in collaboration with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Mike Hirst — a Jackson resident who began to mobilize efforts to increase access to addiction treatment and prevention after his son passed died of a heroin overdose in 2010 when he just 24 years old.

Hirst also stated that after years of grieving he learned how to believe that the death of his son Andrew could a bigger and more meaningful purpose — to help others who are going through similar battles as his son seek help.

The new drug rehab center, called Andy’s Place, will be giving patients who have opioid use disorders the option of enrolling in addiction treatment programs last either one, two or three months.

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Placentia Pastor Shares Drug Addiction Recovery Story

If there’s one thing good about drug addiction, it would be the success stories of those who were able to survive such challenging phase in their lives. Being addicted to drugs is no joke. One’s life can be turned upside down and those around him or her are greatly affected. However, it is a good thing that today, there are so many addiction treatment centers available and are willing to help those who wants to be saved.

In Placenta, NL a pastor shared his own story and journey out of addiction. He is now living the Christian life and he hopes to help other people to do the same. His story aims to inspire others, especially those who are having a difficult time getting out of drugs.

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PLACENTIA, NL — A Placentia pastor is sharing the story of his journey out of addiction and into faith with residents of Victoria.

Jason Burge is a Pentecostal pastor, currently living in Placentia with his family. Today, he lets his faith as a Christian lead him through life, and as a pastor, he helps other like-minded people do the same. However, this was not always the path Burge — his addiction to drugs and spiralling mental health problems were at the forefront of his life prior to December 2007.

Burge’s story starts early, when he began experimenting with recreational drugs such as marijuana and hash oil from as early as ninth grade. From there, he explained it as a snowball effect, as he began to experiment in harder drugs, and before long, the experimentation transitioned from just on weekends, to every other day, to a daily habit. He said that although it started with marijuana, he found himself doing whatever it took to get the high he felt he craved – cocaine, ecstasy, and whatever else he could get his hands on. This, mixed with heavy drinking and mental health issues, meant his day-to-day life got more and more difficult to deal with as each day passed.

 

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Collective Approach to Tackle Drug Abuse Needed: Department

It is a fact that the government faces so many problems and most of them seem impossible to solve. Take drug addiction for instance, despite of all the efforts and programs to put an end to it, the percentage of people using drugs is still surprisingly high. If this continuous, more and more lives will be put in danger. Drug addiction does not only affect those that are using it, but the families and people in the society can be affected as well.

In order to solve or even just to lessen this problem, collective approach is a must. Everyone, not only those in the government but all people need to contribute help to solve this faster and successfully. This is just the case in Cape Town wherein their social development department hopes for a collective effort in fighting drug addiction problems.

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CAPE TOWN – The Social Development Department admits it needs a more effective, collective approach to tackle drug abuse.

The department says statistics around drug addiction remain unacceptably high.

Since 2014, over 35000 people have undergone drug treatment programmes in the Western Cape alone.

A Cape Town father is currently facing charges, over the death of his drug-addicted son.

The man says he killed his son in self-defence.

Social Development officials say they’re changing the way they deal with drug addiction.

“The strategy shifted to outpatient where the services are based in the community that way you also, on the one hand, provide the treatment and access becomes easier but equally you build resilience amongst the individuals who are undergoing the treatment because they’re still in the very communities where the temptation is, so there’s a bit of a psycho-social approach now,” said Social Development Spokesperson Sihle Ngobese.

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MyPillow CEO’s Unlikely Journey From Drug Addiction To Success

Anyone who has overcome drug addiction can definitely attest that the journey is never easy. Along the way, there might be many times when one would think of giving up. In fact, many have failed in this journey, which is really unfortunate and sad on the part of an addict’s loved ones. It takes a lot of courage, will, and determination to change for the better. Although it’s difficult, it is not impossible.

In fact, some of the most popular and powerful people we know today have been in such situation. We look up to this people and wonder how they made themselves so successful. But what is amazing is how they were able to have enough knowledge to stand up and rise after such downfall. One best example MyPillow’s CEO Mike Lindell who was once a crack cocaine addict.

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The term “pillow salesman” doesn’t exactly conjure thoughts of drug addiction, controversial business decisions or ties to the Trump administration, but entrepreneur Mike Lindell’s rags-to-riches story is unusual by any measure.

According to The Washington Post, the Minnesota-based CEO of MyPillow transformed himself from a person with a crack cocaine addiction to a multimillionaire, finding success and recovery after bottoming out just a decade ago.

MyPillow (which came to Lindell in a dream) boasts international sales of 30 million units, and is a staple of home-shopping channels, not to mention countless radio and TV infomercials that feature Lindell himself. However, Lindell is currently experiencing a public backlash after refusing to pull advertising from Fox News. 

When The Ingraham Angle host Laura Ingraham tweeted that David Hogg, a Parkland massacre survivor, had been rejected from college, public outcry was swift and fierce.

Nearly 20 advertisers immediately pulled their advertising and called for a boycott of Ingraham’s show. Lindell refused to follow suit, though, tweeting, “I did not take my advertising down from @IngrahamAngle and @FoxNews, nor do I intend to.”

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