Saturday, 10 July 2010

Marijuana Cannabis Addiction

 Marijuana 大麻 and Cannabis are same drug,it also known as "pot","marihuana","herb," "weed," "boom," "Mary Jane,","hemp","gangster," and "chronic",and more .There are more then 200 street name for Marijuana.

How Marijuana look like?Marijuana is a dark green mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.

Marijuana Cannabis Addiction

How is Marijuana consumed?

The"smoker"usually consumed Marijuana drug as smoking cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or bong. In recent years, it has appeared in blunts.

The cigars that have been emptied of tobacco re-filled with marijuana,for maximum pleasure ,most often it contains combination with another drug, such as Opiates or crack. Some extreme users also mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew tea.

Marijuana Cannabis Addiction

What are the effects of Marijuana?
The short-term effects of marijuana use include problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate, anxiety, and panic attacks.

Those who have Marijuana addiction will experience the same health problems as tobacco smokers, such as bronchitis, emphysema and bronchial asthma. Some of the effects of marijuana use also include: an increased heart rate, dryness of the mouth, reddening if the eyes, impaired motor skills and concentration, and frequent hunger and an increased desire for sweets. Occasionally hallucinations, fantasies and paranoia are reported.

How marijuana user look like?
The marijuana aka "pot," "herb," "weed," "boom," "Mary Jane," "gangster," and "chronic" smoker might have the following symptom :

* seem dizzy and have trouble walking;
* seem silly and giggly for no reason;
* have very red, bloodshot eyes; and
* have a hard time remembering things that just happened.
When the early effects fade, over a few hours, the user can become very sleepy.

There might be substances or conditions that may cause a false positive when detecting the symptom.

Substances that may cause a false positive are:
  • Efavirenz (Sustiva)
  • Dronabinol (Marinol) (True Positive)
  • Hempseed Oil (True Positive)
Marijuana comes from the Cannabis sativa plant and is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.


American Medical Association Interested in Medical Marijuana
“Despite more than 30 years of clinical research, only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis,” said Dr. Edward Langston, an AMA board member, noting that the limited number of studies was “insufficient to satisfy the current standards for a prescription drug product.”

Marijuana Cannabis Addiction

The decision by the organization’s delegates at a meeting in Houston marks another step in the evolving view of marijuana, which an AMA report notes was once linked by the federal government to homicidal mania. Since California voters approved the use of medical marijuana in 1996, marijuana has moved steadily into the cultural mainstream spurred by the growing awareness that it can have beneficial effects for some chronically ill people.

 Legalize Marijuana
People have been saying “Legalize Marijuana” for the past 20 odd years but only when a financial crisis comes about does government start to listen.  Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has proposed a measure that would legalize and regulate marijuana sales in California.

In light of the state’s economic woes, the proposal is attracting considerable interest — particularly in the wake of a report released Wednesday that indicates a marijuana tax could increase state revenue by as much as $1.4 billion.

“There’s no doubt that the ground is shifting on marijuana,” says Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes alternatives to the war on drugs. “The discussion about regulating and taxing marijuana now has an air of legitimacy to it that it didn’t quite have before. And the economy has given the issue a real turbo-charge.”


How To Brew Marijuana Tea For Medicinal Purposes(quotes)
 This may be a way for people who take medicinal marijuana to get the benefits of THC without the carcinogenic effects of smoking.

 You can use leftover sticks, seeds, stems and leaves that you would not smoke for any of the following brews or use enough weed to make a joint (about a gram). 

As THC bonds to fat, all these recipes have a fat,  milk, butter or chocolate, in them to help the body absorb THC and it’s effects.

  
1. Plain Marijuana Tea – Use your “leftovers” or a gram of weed and grind it well into as tiny pieces as possible. Place all the contents into a tea ball and then boiling hot water for about 10 minutes.  You can add black teas, green teas, or rooibos to this tea.  Try different things and see what you like the taste of.  Add hemp milk to help the THC bond.  Other vegan substitutes are almond milk, oat milk and any type of nut milk.

   2. Marijuana Tea w. Butter - This is a style of tea that is prepared in a similar way to Nepalese Yak Butter Tea.  To make marijuana butter tea in a nutshell, you need a cup of hot boiling black tea, and a tablespoon of marijuana butter.  To make it Nepalese style, add a dash of salt and cream to your liking.

   3. Marijuana Tea w. Chocolate Powder – For those who like to make marijuana brownies, this would be the same idea but in a tea form. Use plain marijuana tea as a base and add a tablespoon of chocolate powder and drink.






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Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Methamphetamine Addiction

 What is Methamphetamine?How Is a person with Methamphetamine Addiction look like?Did you know Zombie?

If YOU NEVER HEARD Methamphetamine before ,it also known as Speed, meth, chalk, ice, crystal, glass, crank, yaba meth.etc.Note taht those name are not refer to the real ice, crystal, glass, etc,These are Street Names and it often found at Bar/Pub/Disco/Nightclub etc..

real Methamphetamine Addiction

Brief Description:
    Methamphetamine is a very addictive stimulant that is closely related to amphetamine. It is long lasting and toxic to dopamine nerve terminals in the central nervous system. It is a white, odorless, bitter-tasting powder taken orally or by snorting or injecting, or a rock "crystal" that is heated and smoked.

Street Names:
    Speed, meth, chalk, ice, crystal, glass
More Street Names at http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/default.asp (Office of National Drug Control Policy Web Site)

Effects:
    Methamphetamine increases wakefulness and physical activity, produces rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure and body temperature. Long-term use can lead to mood disturbances, violent behavior, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, and severe dental problems. All users, but particularly those who inject the drug, risk infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.You Know How deathly is that...

Statistics and Trends:
    In 2008, 850,000 Americans age 12 and older had abused methamphetamine at least once in the year prior to being surveyed. Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Web Site).*1

The NIDA-funded 2008 Monitoring the Future Study showed that 1.2% of 8th graders, 1.5% of 10th graders, and 1.2% of 12th graders had abused methamphetamine at least once in the year prior to being surveyed. *2





 Source:
*1 :National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Web Site).
*2:Monitoring the Future (University of Michigan Web Site)monitoringthefuture.org

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CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT:

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?

The objectives of this presentation were to review current treatment modalities in chemical dependency, discuss the clinical factors that may be important considerations affecting outcomes, and understand what reasonable outcomes we can expect.

1. Addiction as a chronic disease vs. being an acute condition
·Detoxification alone is not treatment.
·Addicting drugs produce changes in brain pathways that endure long after the person stops taking them.
·These protracted brain changes produce personal and social difficulties that do not go away after detoxification or even after rehabilitation.
·Treatment of addiction should be regarded as being long-term, and a "cure" is unlikely.
·Addictive diseases are often viewed as being self- inflicted and the use of valuable resources for treatment is not viewed with sympathy.
·In fact addiction has many components that are involuntary, such as:
=>heredity
=>external factors (family values,price, and availability)
·After repetitive voluntary drug-taking, the drug user loses the voluntary ability to control its use. The person than becomes addicted to the drug and there is compulsive use; an overwhelming involuntary craving for the drug that perpetuates its use.
·The transition for drug user to drug addict has been shown in animal experiments to be associated with changes in many of the known brain messengers.
·Drug addiction is not unlike many other chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma.

A "cure" from these illnesses is generally not an expectation. Rates of remission from these illnesses are similar to the rates from diseases of addiction.

2.Goals of treatment The goal of contemporary addiction treatment is to provide appropriate initial placement of patients into services of appropriate intensity and to move them from one level of care to another over time, all the while respecting the chronic relapsing and remitting nature of addiction.

This continuum of care includes preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic services for alcohol or drug use, abuse and dependence, as well as case finding,emergency services, consultation, withdrawal management, rehabilitation and monitoring services.

3. Facts about treatment as we know them
· Need to look at outcome measures that do not focus solely on reduced substance use, such as physical and mental health, social function and reductions in public health and safety concerns.
· Patient characteristics associated with better prognoses:
=> low severity of dependence and psychiatric symptoms
=> accurate initial assessment, and motivation beyond the pre-contemplative stage
=> employed or self-supporting
=> having family and social supports for sobriety
· Factors reliably shown to be associated with improved outcomes:
=> staying in, and compliant with treatment longer
=> having an individual counselor and more counseling sessions
=> receiving proper medications (both anti-craving and psyche medications)
=> participating in 12-step programs
=> supplemental services for adjunctive medical,psychiatric, and family problems
· Treatment components and modalities:=> detoxification/medical treatment of withdrawal
=> behavioral therapies=> 12-Step programs
=> other self-help programs
=> pharmacological therapies

4. National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study(NTIES)· One of the most rigorous studies of Substance Abuse treatment ever conducted.
· Drug and alcohol use, criminal activity, and employment outcomes were measurably better among individuals who completed their treatment plans, received more intensive treatment and we retreated longer.
· Treatment appears to be cost effective, particularly when compared to incarceration, which is often the alternative. Treatment costs ranged from $1,800 to a high of $6,800 per client, compared to an estimated cost of incarceration of $18,330 annually.

Presented by: 
Wayne A. Gavryck, MD Connecticut River Internists Advisor,
Franklin County Drug Court
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Alcohol drug dependence bio-behavioral diseases

CAN WE E MAKE A DIFFERENCE??

Alcohol and drug dependence are bio-behavioral diseases
Popular support for drug treatment has diminished. The war on drugs has become a war on the drug user. Significant stereotypes remain which impede alcohol and drug abusing persons from getting the help they need, and, which can work.

Alcohol and drug dependence are bio-behavioral diseases which are often progressive and may even prove to be fatal.These diseases are characterized by impaired control over the use of substances, preoccupation with them,continued use in spite of negative consequences, and thinking distortions most notably: denial.

There are a number of myths about substance abuse.These myths are held by abusers, family members, health care providers and society at large. These myths need to be
identified and corrected, since myths can promote behaviors which can exacerbate the problem.
Substance abuse treatment is a health care specialization.

The core components of this treatment can be used to assist the appropriate personnel in making referrals to systems or persons providing effective treatment.

Mandated treatment has a critical role to play and those with leverage to prompt treatment are encouraged to do so. Treatment is available, treatment works, and each of us can make a difference.

  Do You Have an Addictive Personality?Do You Drink Too Much?



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Presented by:
Patrice M. Muchowski, Sc.D.
Vice President of Clinical Services
AdCare Hospital of Worcester, Inc.