Alcohol is also widely used among teens, and they often get it from home with or without their parent’s permission. Studies done conclude that the alcohol use trend for teens is alarming. False ideas about alcohol plays into the trend, as most teens do not consider alcohol harmful, in part, because it is legal and they often know many adults who consume alcohol. They are often misinformed or simply uneducated about the effects of alcohol both short and long term. Alcohol information should be supplied to teens in order to better educate them on the dangers.

Ecstasy is another teen drug of choice, which is, sadly, widely produced in Canada. This drug is favored by teens as a means of escape. Ecstasy diminishes anxiety, creates a sense of euphoria and a sense of intimacy with others. In fact, it is often used as a date rape drug, even among teens. The teen years are filled with turmoil, and many turn to drugs such as ecstasy in order to cope. Learning better ways of dealing with situations is imperative to help teens deal with stress. New Life courses by Narconon have proven to do just this.

Marijuana is widely produced and used in Canada. Teens often begin with smoking marijuana; some continue to do so and others move on to other drugs. It is a drug that is widely available and most teens deem it to be “safe”. Again, education is needed so that teens have the facts when it comes to drugs and drug use, not only short term, but long term. Parents must be observant and proactive when it comes to suspected drug use in teens. Teens are accepted into rehabilitation facilities, and in fact, it is the best time for treatment. Allowing drug use to continue into adulthood can be devastating, and in fact, have fatal consequences.

Teens may not readily accept the need for rehabilitation, so that should be expected. However, parents and loved ones should confront the teen with supervision from a qualified drug treatment centres in ontario. Drug use becomes drug addiction very quickly, especially with teens that have trouble dealing with stress to begin with. Drug education begins at home, but anyone connected with the teen should offer helpful information. Intervention is far more common now than in the past, but with a minor, the parents should be able to intervene as legal guardians. However it is done, education and rehabilitation are necessary when drug use is evident, and should not be postponed.

Kratom

 Being an indigenous plant of Thailand, Kratom leaves continue to be used by locals in cooking, as a medication, and as an opium substitute. Addiction is said to be easy with many people having used the leaf all their lives. It helps people to endure arduous manual work, and studies have shown long term effects to include a preference for solitude, anorexia, pigmentation of the skin, constipation and a depressive mood, with most users being working class males, who nevertheless marry and remain connected with their families.

 Symptoms of withdrawal are similar to opiate addiction. Occasionally kratom psychosis is reported in long term users. In Thailand Kratom use was originally culture bound, with male working addicts socially accepted, but women users frowned upon. Kratom was a drug not used by students, the educated or moneyed classes. In recent years Kratom has become popular among young Thai’s as a brew, with Coca Cola.

 With the increase in the demand for drugs throughout the Western world, Kratom became marketed as a legal drug elsewhere than Thailand.

In 2002, Japanese researchers were able to discover 7-hydroxymitragynine as the patentable “active” ingredient of Kratom, and may develop Kratom as a pharmaceutical product in the future. 7-hydroxymitragynine has been found to have a more potent analgesic effect than morphine.

 Meanwhile, Kratom continues to be legal, available and unregulated in Canada, although not approved for human consumption,  is unregulated in the USA and many other countries, and illegal in some countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Finland, Lithuania, Denmark and Poland. Kratom is widely available on internet and used by many North Americans.

 Using Kratom can easily become a pathway to the use of  opioids such as heroin. It is also seen as having potential as a substitute drug to assist with opioid withdrawal and “maintenance drug” programs for people with opioid addiction.

Kratom might not be illegal, but is as addictive as opioids. Withdrawal symptoms can include feelings of anxiety and pain for several days.

 Kratom has been suggested as a drug that can assist with alcohol recovery, by reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. For many people this is seen as merely replacing one drug of dependence with another, and of no long term benefit, compared with taking steps to discover and resolve the reasons why there is a need to use addictive drugs in the first place.

 Concentrated Kratom products can be found under such names as Enhanced Red Vein Thai Kratom, Enhanced Green Vein or Indonesian sunrise / sunset blends. Kratom can appear to be a safer drug than heroin, or prescription narcotics, because not all countries restrict its use, and young people can obtain it by mail order, often from sites that sell synthetic marijuana. In the UK, Kratom is known as “herbal speedball”.

 In Malaysia, Kratom use is on the rise. Between 2004 and 2005, seizures relating to Kratom use increased from 2 in the July of 2004, to 45 in January 2005, with police impounding a total of 1,000 kilos of leaves, and 236,000 liters of the drink.

 In Malaysia a National Committee has been formed to further investigate the harmful effects of Kratom use and addiction.  North Americans in need of drug addict help for Kratom use will benefit from the drug free detox and rehab program at Narconon Trois Riveres, of Quebec, Canada.

Americans have for many years purchased medicinal drugs from Canada, either by mail order or by going into Canada and ordering direct. There has always been an unofficial policy of ignoring much of the minor “trafficking” in Canadian drugs, making it a gamble as to whether or not you will fall foul of selective enforcement.

Since 2006, there has been a set of guidelines issued for people genuinely in need of a prescription medication that is unavailable in the US. With changes to the regulations under the Homeland Security Act,  Americans with a serious medical condition, who intend the drug to be for personal use, can now import up to 90 days supply, provided that it is not an extremely controversial and risky drug to use, and a US doctor with responsibility is nominated.

The reasons why people might want to import drugs for medicinal use are basically financial, and easy availability.

Prices of prescription medications in America are high. Prescription drugs obtained from Canada are very often cheaper. The US government encourages people to enquire, before seeking internet drugs, to find out whether there is some form of health care scheme that will cover or reduce the cost to them of their medications. In other cases, people become disentitled to further coverage by health care providers and seek to continue with their medication by accessing the cheapest source.

There are many risks involved in purchasing drugs from an unknown supplier. The best basic protection for internet drug purchasers is to use a pharmacy that is fully licensed. This might involve some research as to what is a full accreditation for a pharmacy. In Canada, usually a CIPA membership – the Canadian International Pharmacy Association – will assure you of integrity, and also confidentiality when purchasing your drugs. Internet providers that specialize in products such as Viagra and off-prescription pain killers are considered to be unreliable.

There are risks with internet buying, of buying counterfeit products that might be contaminated or ineffective. Some advertised uses for drugs are “off label” and not officially sanctioned. Other drugs are toxic or addictive, with a risk of liver damage or an accidental overdose.

Americans are not allowed to re-import drugs that are made by American companies that have been exported to Canada.

US citizens can buy prescription drugs from countries other than Canada, but choosing Canadian products will generally be safer than using products sourced from third world countries, or places such as Mexico where illegal drug use and manufacture is rife. If an error is made with the prescription imports, it is very difficult to obtain redress, and your life could be at risk.

There are problems enough when using prescription drugs accessed from normal sources, the risks increase considerably when making an online purchase. Children’s medications should never be purchased online.

Current developments in the pain killer field indicate a serious risk of addiction, with many problems associated with buying medications online. People in search of new medications and treatments for disease and illness might be better advised to research natural and alternative remedies. Using proven natural remedies can be a more healthy option, and achieve a better result than drug use.

 Paracetamol (an aniline analgesic) and NSAID’s (non steroid anti inflammatory drugs) are considered to be safer than opioids, “bearing a low risk of addiction, tolerance, dependency and withdrawal”. However, when paracetamol is used in combination with weak opioids, there is said to be an increased frequency of “rebound headaches”, that are also known as medication overuse headaches.

 The occurrence of side effects with paracetamol use is high because paracetamol has a narrow therapeutic index – which means the therapeutic dose is close to a toxic dose. People using prescription medications and or over the counter pain killers need to be aware of the total paracetamol content of the drugs they are taking to avoid accidental overdose. Paracetamol may have an antidepressant effect, as a study has shown paracetamol to increase availability of the antidepressant serotonin in rats, but this is not tested in humans

 There are many people who consider that they are or have been addicted to taking paracetamol. Paracetamol withdrawal effects include irritability, anxiety and painful symptoms that mimic the original condition that the medication was taken to relieve. Any drug that has both toxicity and a “reward” effect, such as providing pain relief, has a capacity to become addictive.

 The recommended treatment for withdrawal effects such as rebound headaches is to simply cease taking the medication, and put up with the discomfort, until symptoms of pain naturally subside. This recovery treatment is no different in principle to detoxing from any drug that has become tolerated and produces painful withdrawal symptoms. Serotonin depletion and resulting feelings of depression could be a further side effect of paracetamol withdrawal.

 Given that intense withdrawal symptoms are commonly reported, it would seem that paracetamol can be addictive. If as manufacturers claim, physical addiction risks are minimal, then it is possible that a psychological component accounts for people feeling upset and in need of more medication with paracetamol withdrawal.

 People can become psychologically addicted to any activity that produces relief from emotional stress and tension, including prescription drugs. Often the idea of “taking something” is part of what gives relief to people when they are suffering pain of any kind. Paracetamol will automatically provide relief from symptoms of emotional pain at the same time as it reduces symptoms of physical pain.

 If you are addicted to taking paracetamol products, drug addict help is available from comprehensive drug addiction recovery centers ***  that use drug free detox methods, and support emotional healing using natural therapeutic techniques. Addiction disappears when emotional issues are resolved.

Hard drugs and narcotics get people’s attention but addiction to non narcotic pain killers is just as much a problem. The risk of fatal liver damage is an issue when abusing paracetamol. People addicted to paracetamol are in need of urgent drug addict help.

 Withdrawal from any addiction is something best not done on your own. Drug addict help from comprehensive therapeutic programs can get you clean of the drug, and provide support and help to really improve your life. Part of the risk if you continue to abuse drugs such as paracetamol is that one day you might be tempted to seek out something stronger.

Prescription drug abuse in Ohio causes more deaths than suicide or driving accidents

 The funding has been applied for against a rise in deaths from drug overdose during recent years, deaths ascribed to an increased availability and use of prescription drugs.

 Ohio’s current prescription drug problem results in four accidental drug overdose deaths per day.

 For Ohio the statistics for prescription drug abuse are alarming:

 40% of the State’s 1,373 overdose deaths in 2009 were from prescription medications, specifically pain relievers.

 In 2009 one in four high school students had used or was using prescription drugs illicitly.

The painkillers prescribed in Ohio, in 2008 were 4.8 million prescriptions for hydrocodone, and 2.7 million prescriptions for oxycodone – the active ingredient in Percocet and OxyContin.

 Ohio Governor John Kasich has come out strongly, reiterating the untold damage and harmful effects of these prescription narcotics. Families are torn apart, young lives destroyed by a combination of indiscriminate, reckless prescription and illicit diversion.

The Ohio Governor speaks for us all in his harsh criticism of a State Medical Board that apparently is moving very slowly in response to allegations by former Ohio Attorney General, now appointed as an advisor on prescription drugs abuse, that there are dozens of doctors in Ohio running prescription drugs from “pill mills”. The State Medical Board says that it is committed to combating the problem and actively working on solutions.

While the State Medical Board continues to work on its strategy, legislation is soon to be introduced that will put an end to pill mills with license suspensions and fines by way of enforcement measures.

OxyContin is very similar to heroin in its effects and once addicted, both heroin and OxyContin are extremely difficult to withdraw from. Unless people receive drug addict help that includes a full detox from the drug and the many harmful residues that remain in the system, addicts face the real possibility of relapse caused by cravings over which they have no control. Also the pathway to full recovery from drug addiction is more than just getting back to work.

 Full recovery from drug addiction requires many emotional adjustments and the learning of new ways of thinking. People do best for long term recovery when nothing is left to chance and a fully comprehensive addiction recovery program is used.

 While it is easy to understand the stance that Ohio now takes against prescription drug abuse, it will be money wasted, people given false promise and hope of recovery, if all that eventuates from this initiative is a new regime of drug abuse in the form of substitute prescription drugs, such as methadone.

 Drug free is the way of the future, and should form the basis for all current initiatives to overcome prescription drug abuse. In the context of a comprehensive drug free rehabilitation program, people learn to restructure their ways of thinking and become emotionally secure. Addicts will improve their capacity for empathy and improve their ability for good decision making.

 People entrusted with the responsibility to turn the tide of prescription drug addiction will need to ensure that drug addict help is of the best and highest caliber. Drug free comprehensive addiction recovery programs are safe and effective – setting the standard and leading the way to complete drug addiction recovery.

 People addicted to drugs will tend to use more, and suffer withdrawal symptoms when the dose of the drug is reduced. If you are suffering from withdrawal, then it means that you are addicted.

 People talk about physical and psychological addiction to drugs as if they were different things. If we have a psychological addiction to drugs, then it will cause us emotional pain to withdraw. If we have a physical addiction to drugs, then pain will be felt in various parts of the body when we try to stop using. We experience emotional pain through painful feelings in the body.

 When the body is in pain from drug withdrawal, it will be a combination of physical and emotional pain that we feel, not always easy to separate the two. Drug use and withdrawal affect all the systems of the body and mind. People who are addicted might begin to hate using the drug, but at the same time they fear and can’t bear the pain of withdrawal – so they make a choice to use more of the drug, even though they no longer get enjoyment or pleasure from it. True addiction recovery is a healthy balance between body and mind.

 To get freedom from drug use, the only option is to stop. People cannot get healthy again until all drugs are out of their body. Substitute drugs might ease your pain if you seek that kind of drug addict help, but similar addiction and withdrawal problems will occur with any substitute drug. Drugs are toxic to the body. The only way back to health is to remove all drugs from your body, and allow it to fully recover.

 People become addicted if they keep using toxic drugs because it gives them pleasure. There are always better and healthier alternatives to drug use – but drug use is tempting and easy if you have pain or emotional problems. Drug use is like putting a bandage on a wound – it offers some protection but doesn’t bring about healing.

 If you have physical or emotional pain, there is always a reason for it, and that is what needs to be healed. Using more drugs only leads to addiction, and more painful withdrawal, the more you choose to use drugs.

 Some people think that you have no choice about getting addicted to drugs. Everyone has the choice at first to simply say no to drugs. If you start on the slippery slope towards drug addiction, one day you will have to face withdrawal – or use drugs for the rest of your life.

 Withdrawal symptoms can be agony, but are very rarely fatal. Getting the right sort of drug addict help ***  will ease the pain, using natural drug free methods. Avoidance of pain by using other drugs is really no help at all. With natural methods to help you through, the experience of withdrawal will be beneficial. Withdrawal symptoms only mean that the body is trying to heal from toxic drug effects. With the right kind of natural, drug free detox you will come out of treatment feeling better than ever before.

 When you combine your drug detox with a life enhancement program you will be well on the way to a happier life – with the cycle of addiction and withdrawal completely a thing of the past.

 Children as young as 6 continue to be in need of drug addict help for substance abuse in the form of sniffing a variety of inhalants. Many become hospitalised due to hypoxia, or lack of oxygen and some suffer permanent brain and physical damage as a result of inhalant use.

 The Australian government has for some years introduced Opal fuel ( similar to Comgas ) to a wide area of Central Australia where petrol sniffing has been a problem among the indigenous population. Opal has been developed in preference to Comgas because Comgas has the toxic residue tetra-ethyl lead (TED) that can be absorbed into the body.

 Tests on Opal fuel show that is compatible with vehicles designed to run on 91 octane fuel, and also show that Opal fuel is more or less equivalent in performance to normal petrol. However, using Opal fuel has the advantage that petrol sniffers don’t find it attractive. Opal fuel has reduced petrol sniffing in Australia.

 People are less attracted to Opal fuel because it lacks the aromatic component of ordinary fuel and and users don’t get a “buzz” from sniffing it. Opal petrol has around 5% of the aromatics, including benzine and toluene that create the euphoric effects, compared with around 25% of these aromatics in ordinary petrol. Over 106 outback communities are now supplied with Opal fuel leading to less petrol sniffing.

 In countries such as Mexico, ravaged by drug wars, there is evidence of solvent abuse increasing in young children, In Canada, the indigenous people of Northern Labrador have expressed interest in getting Opal fuel into their communities. In 2002 an entire community at Davis Inlet was re-located due to problems with petrol sniffing by young children. BP who makes Opal fuel has no refineries in Canada, but would be open to another company making its product, to support such a community program as is available to people who live in Central Australia and the goldfields. Logistical problems prevent Mexico, Northern Labrador and other communities from instituting programs to end petrol sniffing by young children.

 Putting an end to petrol sniffing is only a harm reduction method, and does not completely address the reasons why otherwise healthy children turn to substance abuse. The answers might be found in the pervasive disempowerment and devaluation of these communities within society, and resultant depression, anger and frustration in the younger generation. It is not about pouring in money, but in addressing their emotional needs. At the end of the day, all people want to be accepted as equals by society – and have equal opportunity.

 SCACS – the Australian Senate Community Affairs Committee Secretariat has in 2009 reviewed the Australian model –and having assessed its impact, is looking to introduce Opal fuel throughout the Northern Territory. Opal fuel reduces huffing, or petrol sniffing in young children. It is an opportunity to be grasped by any government wishing to provide drug addict help for young children, a useful start towards eventual resolution of a tragic community problem.

 Teens and young people are unlikely to want to use recreational drugs and be in need of drug addict help, when their lives are enriched and they feel satisfied by getting a natural dopamine high.

 This research, that is published in the journal, Nature Neuroscience, has shown that getting a natural dopamine high with music starts with the anticipation of hearing music that we know we will enjoy. Music has a profound effect on our cognitive and motor systems, and also affects our emotions through stimulating the limbic pathways of the body.

 Dopamine release is traditionally associated with those activities that are essential to life. It is well known that our “reward” system responds to the presence of food and sexual stimuli, yet everyone will have experienced, from time to time, one of those breathtaking moments of sheer pleasure that occur with events such as beautiful sunsets, inspiring scenery or viewing an exceptionally fine work of art.

 Children who are given an opportunity, from an early age, to connect with their environment, and be open to new discoveries will find pleasure in many things, both familiar and new. Children today who feel listless, bored and unable to function without the support of energy drinks, stodgy food, and the ubiquitous i-technology have lost to some extent their natural vigor and capacity for real enjoyment of life and getting a natural dopamine high.

 Music as a source of pleasure ***  does not need to come surrounded by an audio player, engraved upon a disc. Young people can be instrumental in the creation of music and resonant harmonics given only the basic equipment of percussion, wind and strings, making music that is their own, and in tune with their culture. Modern day popular music is very much geared to sexual themes, the “bottled” product of an industry that is profit motivated and heavily promoted. Attempts by children to be creative and inventive, making a joyful noise, are likely today to be severely repressed as being disruptive and disorderly.

 In former times, song and dance, music and feasting was a natural part of life, with seasonal festivities that everyone would join in with, rather than the structured entertainment venues that today separate the performers from a passive audience.

 Interestingly, the latest single on Crown Royyal’s Royyal Flush album is called “Dopamine”, so perhaps science is to some extent confirming what we already know – music can make you high.

 Music is said to be as good as sex for some, and for those who find in drug use a “high” equivalent to sexual pleasure, it could be that we need to re-think our overdependence on drugs as the answer to feelings of anxiety, tension and general stress.

Using the best headphones, and our favorite playlist, instead of reaching for drugs, is a healthy option for dopamine release.

 People with a drug addiction, and in need of drug addict help can consider music as another string to their bow when using a natural comprehensive addiction recovery program to get free of drug abuse.

 Cocaine is known to cause changes in the structure of the brain, cocaine remains in the fetus for longer than in an adult. Marijuana increases carbon dioxide and monoxide levels in the blood, leading to fetal oxygen deprivation.

 Addicts take hope from many studies that report inconclusive findings about specific drug use and fetal toxicity. They think that this means they can safely use drugs during pregnancy. What these reports are really saying is that children are suffering damage, but that there are so many other toxic factors in most drug addicts lives, that it impossible to be certain, on a scientific basis, what contribution drug effects have on the general problems.

 Anyone who chooses drug use in preference to having concern for the risk to their child would benefit from comprehensive drug addict help, both for the pregnancy and for the future.

 Even a small quantity of certain drugs can cause birth defects and problems for the child, depending on the trimester of pregnancy when the drug is taken. Anyone using or thinking of using drugs in pregnancy needs to consider comprehensive drug addict help and re consider their lifestyle.

 Drug exposure during pregnancy leads to a greater risk of premature birth, “low birth weight”, cardiac and circulatory problems, and developmental defects. There is a risk of miscarriage. Often drugs cause the placenta to separate from the uterine wall, or impede nutrients and oxygen getting to the child. Term babies can be “still” born.

 Children exposed to drug effects in the womb can suffer withdrawal symptoms at birth. Babies born addicted are at greater risk of “failure to thrive” and cot death. Later in life subtle damage to the brain may result in learning and attention difficulties, and a low IQ.

Illicit drug use in late pregnancy is associated with high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and fetal/neonatal death. Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital reports a case of stillbirth in a young woman who took ecstasy and LSD during late term pregnancy, in 2010.

 A study of children in Quebec, Canada, by Health Canada, in 2004, concluded that a modest risk of childhood leukemia was associated with mother’s taking medications during pregnancy. If the drugs taken were teratogenic, then the risk was higher.

 Carrying a healthy baby to term is more than just getting off drugs. Pregnancy should be a time when a mother nurtures herself for the benefit of the baby. This means nutritious food, rest and relaxation. While the toxic effects on the fetus of tobacco and alcohol are well recorded, drug statistics and studies are less available.

 However, general studies make the position clear – increased risk of death for both mother and child occurs with illicit drug use (Abdel-Latif 2007). Often getting drug addict help  ***  is hindered because women don’t like to admit to a drug addiction problem, especially when pregnant.

 If you are pregnant, using drugs, unsure of what to do, there are supportive, drug free comprehensive addiction programs, in Canada, to help you and your baby get off drugs completely, and live a healthy life.

The social cost of our over reliance upon opioid narcotics for just about every pain that we have, has been illicit addiction, ruined lives, and the despair of chronic drug dependence. Now, non narcotic pain relief is sought by many as an alternative.

 Mainstream pain relief methods assume a need for a person to take some kind of drug to achieve pain relief. With opioids in disfavor, there is a move towards various non narcotic drugs. In fact, non narcotic pain relief can be obtained without use of any drugs. Given natural supportive therapies, people with the misfortune to have trauma leading to pain, can work with the body, without drug use, achieving adequate pain relief and a return to good health.

 People are conditioned to place reliance on the mainstream healthcare system for the cure of illness and pain. A shift towards non narcotic drugs reflects a continued drug dependent mentality, one that feels safer with non narcotics. People mistakenly believe they will not become dependent or addicted, suffer bad side effects, and be in need of drug addict help, as has been the fate of many prescription narcotics users, if they use non narcotic drugs.

Non narcotic drugs used for pain relief include aspirin, acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s) and many others.

 As the Times magazine reported in 1965***  there are many addictive non-narcotic drugs, such as tranquilizers, of which valium is a well known example, and barbiturates.  

Non narcotic tranquilizers, used for pain relief and the “good” feelings they bring, have dangerous side effects, both alone and in combination with other substances. No different in principle to narcotics.

 Non narcotic pain relief drugs are also attractive to criminals. Criminal activity enables the supply of illicit restricted drugs, in return for large profits, without regard for the people, in need of drug addict help.

 The writing has been on the wall for drugs virtually since they were first widely promoted as a panacea for all ills, a remedy for our pain. Warning bells sound unheeded as people create the demand for drugs, and manufacturers and those who divert prescription drugs, continue to make huge profits.

 Much of the demand for drugs is people wanting an easy way out of conflicting and confronting pressures that modern life presents. The demand for drugs exists at a personal, and community level. Drugs enable us to resolve a compulsive need to escape emotional and physical pain – drugs are readily available, and so people tend to use them. When pain is seen as a problem, and not a symptom of duress, people will use addictive drugs, and end up in need of drug addict help.

 Drugs can be both physically, and psychologically addictive. To achieve pain relief that is healthy, with no tolerance issues, or harmful side effects, we need to address the root causes of our pain, and support endogenous relief to resolve painful physical and emotional trauma.

Addiction is not a disease, it is the inevitable result of using allopathic drugs, both non narcotic and narcotic to relieve pain in its various forms, that we suffer from. Non narcotic options for pain relief should mean no use of drugs. However, getting drugs out of this arena continues to be like trying to turn back the tide with a teaspoon.