Web of Addiction: Designing a More Effective Approach to Drug Rehabilitation
Administrators of programs talk about the benefits of treating drug addiction as a health problem rather than a legal problem. A large majority of people in prison are there because of a drug-related offenses. Treatment programs have long waiting li...
Web of Addiction: Role of the Environment in Addiction, The
Drug addiction is not like other genetically-affected illnesses that appear regardless of a person's behavior. Drug addiction is uniquely dependent on how the person interacts with their environment. A person exposed to a drug will first develop a h...
Web of Addiction: Behavior Therapy and the Withdrawal from Drugs
Medications used in addiction treatment are almost always used in conjunction with psychosocial therapy that teaches people what triggers their addiction. People discover that they do have a choice, and that by learning different routines and how to...
Web of Addiction: Biology of Drug Addiction
Experts have learned that addiction to drugs or alcohol is a disease that has genetic as well as environmental triggers. The gene involved in controlling dopamine, the brain's pleasure chemical, is one factor. Children of alcoholics are three times ...