Minorities and Addiction Treatment Completion
March 23, 2008
A recent study showed that ethnic minorities may be less likely to finish a treatment program for alcohol addiction. Information about over ten thousand patients in addiction treatment centers of an urban county in California was analyzed for this research. The rehab facilities were all publicly funded. The individuals included 4141 African Americans, 3120 Hispanic people, and 3330 whites. Read more
About Inpatient and Outpatient Alcoholism Treatment Programs
March 16, 2008
Alcoholism treatment programs are conducted on both an outpatient as well as an inpatient treatment basis. Most people are confused about what these programs actually are. People who are trying to get out of an addiction usually are concerned about which program they will be put into. So, here are some answers. Read more
Get the Facts about Crack
March 3, 2008
As a plant-derived chemical alkaloid known as benzoylmethylecgonine (methylbenzoylepgonine), cocaine is sold in the streets with several names. Whether it’s called “crack”, “coke,” “C,” “snow,” “blow,” “toot,” “leaf,” “flake,” “freeze,” “happy dust,” “Peruvian lady,” or “white girl”, cocaine is considered as a deadly and highly addictive narcotic substance. Frequent users of cocaine report that they feel as sudden rush of self-confidence and supercharged energy, when they either inject or snort this substance. Read more
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