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DRUGS
Why I am not a drug addict.... what is a drug addit??
Drug Addiction Facts 1:
Drug abuse and drug addiction, according to the National Institute of Health, impacts all Americans, because we all pay the cost for it.
Drug Addiction Facts 2:
Statistics show that drug abuse and drug addiction cost Americans over $484 billion annually. This figure includes healthcare costs (and abuses of that system), lost job wages, traffic accidents, crime and the associated criminal justice system costs.
Drug Addiction Facts 3:
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 10 to 22 percent of car crashes involved drivers who have been using drugs.
Drug Addiction Facts 4:
Drug use and addiction is linked to at least half of the major crimes in this country, as at least half of the suspects arrested for violent crimes, such as homicide and assault, were under the influence of drugs when they were arrested.
Drug Addiction Facts 5:
Stress is a major factor in drug use and abuse.
Drug Addiction Final Fact 6:
Sadly, nearly two-thirds of people in drug abuse treatment report that they were physically or sexually abused as children. Child abuse is a major contributing factor to drug addiction.
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Drug Addiction Facts
Here are some facts that may surprise or sadden you about drug abuse. As with most issues a bout addiction , there is much that is unexpected; the costs or much higher than expected and the causes are very sad. That fact that child abuse is such a strong predictor of abuse speaks volumes about the problem. See what you think:
Drug Addiction Facts 1:
Drug abuse and drug addiction, according to the National Institute of Health, impacts all Americans, because we all pay the cost for it.
Drug Addiction Facts 2:
Statistics show that drug abuse and drug addiction cost Americans over $484 billion annually. This figure includes healthcare costs (and abuses of that system), lost job wages, traffic accidents, crime and the associated criminal justice system costs.
Drug Addiction Facts 3:
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 10 to 22 percent of car crashes involved drivers who have been using drugs.
Drug Addiction Facts 4:
Drug use and addiction is linked to at least half of the major crimes in this country, as at least half of the suspects arrested for violent crimes, such as homicide and assault, were under the influence of drugs when they were arrested.
Drug Addiction Facts 5:
Stress is a major factor in drug use and abuse.
Drug Addiction Final Fact 6:
Sadly, nearly two-thirds of people in drug abuse treatment report that they were physically or sexually abused as children. Child abuse is a major contributing factor to drug addiction.
More Facts on Drug Addiction
Here are some statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Family Services concerning drug abuse and addiction:
-- In 2006, an estimated 20.4 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users, meaning they had used an illicit drug during the month prior to the survey interview. This estimate represents 8.3 percent of the population aged 12 years old or older. Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used non-medically.
-- In 2006, there were 2.4 million current cocaine users aged 12 or older, which was the same as in 2005 but greater than in 2002 when the number was 2.0 million. However, the rate of current cocaine use remained stable between 2002 and 2006.
-- Hallucinogens were used in the past month by 1.0 million persons aged 12 or older in 2006, including 528,000 who had used Ecstasy. These estimates are similar to the corresponding estimates for 2005.
-- There were 7.0 million persons aged 12 or older who used prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs non-medically in the past month. Of these, 5.2 million used pain relievers, an increase from 4.7 million in 2005.
-- In 2006, there were an estimated 731,000 current users of methamphetamine aged 12 or older.
-- Among youths aged 12 to 17, current illicit drug use rates remained stable from 2005 to 2006. However, youth rates declined significantly between 2002 and 2006 for illicit drugs in general and for several specific drugs, including marijuana, hallucinogens, LSD, Ecstasy, prescription-type drugs used non-medically, pain relievers, tranquilizers, and the use of illicit drugs other than marijuana.
-- The rate of current marijuana use among youths aged 12 to 17 declined from 8.2 percent in 2002 to 6.7 percent in 2006.
-- Among persons aged 12 or older who used pain relievers non-medically in the past 12 months, 55.7 percent reported that the source of the drug the most recent time they used was from a friend or relative for free.
-- In 2006, there were 10.2 million persons aged 12 or older who reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs during the past year.
So if I don't use drugs for fun I could still become an addict.
OK So if I admit I have a problem what should I do?
The first key to beating drug addiction lies in understanding it: In identifying the causes of drug dependency, and in admitting that drug abuse is beyond the scope of an addict’s control. Only those drug addicts who recognize their addictions for what they actually are ever stand a chance of achieving substantive addiction recovery.
But you need help to beat drug addiction, and so it is that many drug rehab programs often begin with a successful intervention. By confronting an addict with the truth about his drug use and abuse, friends and family members can help spur the healing process. Ultimately, there’s no more powerful motivator than love and concern, and an addict who sees the impact of his behavior on the people he cares about is an addict who’s very likely to seek out professional substance abuse treatment.
In the end, of course, it’s the quality of that substance abuse treatment which will ultimately shape the course of an addict’s recovery. Drug addiction never dies easy, and only those drug rehab programs which serve the unique needs of their individual patients can hope to meet long-term success. Drug addiction is a personal thing, after all, and addiction recovery must be a personal undertaking.
Addiction recovery is also, we should note, an ongoing undertaking, one that doesn’t have any readily discernible endpoint. Sobriety, like drug addiction, is a lifestyle as much as a life goal, and staying clean over the long haul means actively choosing not to use. With that in mind, the most effective drug treatment programs provide for the long-term care of their residents, with the ultimate goal of helping patients beat drug dependency forever. If you or someone you love has succumbed to drug abuse, that’s the only outcome that could ever be good enough.
Drug Abuse and Drug Dependency
There are, to say the least, a litany of popular misconceptions about drug use and abuse. It’s important to understand that drug abuse grows out of drug dependency: That addicts use drugs because they have to, and that addicts can’t get sober simply by virtue of their wanting to. Addiction recovery, in other words, isn’t a question of conventional will.
Many people mistakenly assume that drug addiction is a choice, and that drug addicts use drugs because they want to. But that’s wrong: It’s not, and they don’t. On the contrary, drug addiction is a disease, a clinical disorder with clinical roots that requires, in the end, a clinical treatment plan. The simple truth is that anything less just won’t get the job done.
Again, drug addiction is a disease: a disease like cancer, a disease like Alzheimer’s. It would be absurd to expect a cancer patient to will his tumor away; it would be insane to expect an Alzheimer’s victim to wish his way to health. The same holds true for drug addiction: It can’t be eradicated without expert drug treatment from a professional drug treatment center.
Remember, you aren’t alone in your fight against drug addiction, not in a country where upwards of twelve million people show demonstrable signs of drug addiction. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human services found that almost five percent of the American population was engaged in habitual drug use and abuse, a startling figure by any standard. The good news, though, is that many of those drug addicts ultimately got help for their addictions…and that you can too, provided you see your drug addiction as it really is and seek out the treatment you’ll need to finally beat it.
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