If you look up the word speedballing in the Urban Dictionary, it reads in part, “The combination of the narcotic heroin and stimulant cocaine mixed together and injected in a single shot…Highly addictive. Beyond destructive. Will bring any addict to their knees…” This is nothing new to the people at drug treatment centers in Texas. Speed kills, and heroin kills, and speedballing is probably the ...
60 Minutes’ Hooked Video: A Must-Watch for Opiate Rehab
You are fighting against the grip of drug addiction, and what your loved ones don’t understand is that it really does feel like a fight. Take some time to watch the 60 Minutes segment from 2012 focusing on opiate rehab when you finish with this website. It features Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA.gov). She provides strong leadership in the fight against ...
What Can You Get Away With at a Heroin Treatment Center?
If you are contemplating seeking treatment for opiate addiction, you may be considering a opioid treatment program. You’ve finally accepted the advice from many that methadone or Suboxone treatment is the best way to achieve recovery. However, you may have concerns about the rules and regulations that exist in these facilities and whether you can make your own decisions. While it's ...
Are Insurances Facing the Cost of Opiate Treatment?
Typically, the cost of opiate treatment is borne by the customer—the person who seeks help for addiction treatment. That makes it a hard row to hoe for someone who wants help, because opiate treatment is not cheap. Until recently insurance companies unilaterally have denied any responsibility to pay for the cost of opiate treatment. The Affordable Care Act promised to mandate insurance coverage ...
Opiate Withdrawal Treatment: What Can You Expect?
Maybe you’ve been thinking that it’s time to contact a methadone program and start opiate withdrawal treatment. Just what can you expect? How will you feel? What if methadone doesn’t work for you? It’s natural to be nervous—about the entire process. It’s a scary thing to submit yourself for treatment, because you wonder if the people at the clinic are judging you, and you wonder whether methadone ...
Mouth Swabs for Opiates: Expect Increased DUI Arrests
People who use benzos or opiates in Alameda County will find themselves subject to the same scrutiny as drinkers beginning this January. Police in many counties have added portable instant drug screens to their kits so that when they pull drivers over at checkpoints, they can check for impairment by substances beyond alcohol. Officials can carry these mouth or buccal swabs in sealed envelopes ...
