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Chemicals In the Clubs

Friday, April 17th, 2009

clubdrug Teens and young adults use dangerous drugs to enhance a night on the town.

For teens and young adults, a night on the town takes on dangerous new meaning with the ongoing popularity of “club drugs.” Used to enhance all-night partying at raves, trances, bars, concerts and nightclubs, these varied drugs can have long-lasting effects and become lethal when mixed with alcohol.

According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “club drugs” most often include: gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy) and methamphetamine. The tasteless and odorless GHB and Rohypnol are also used to aid in sexual assault and date rape.
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Tags: Club Drugs, Date Rape, Ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, MDMA, Methamphetamine, NIDA, Polydrug Use, Raves, Rohypnol
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Alcohol and Cancer

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

alcoholic drinks Just one or two drinks can increase your cancer risk or make an existing tumor grow faster.

We all know drinking to excess is bad for us. Now there’s a reason to cut out alcohol consumption altogether: It may cause tumors to grow faster. According to a report in Medical News Today, cardiovascular physiologist Dr. Jian-Wei Gu found the connection completely by accident.
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Tags: Alcohol, Alcohol Consumption, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dr. Jian-Wei Gu, Happy Hour, Medical News Today, Tumor, Tumors
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Recovery With a Guarantee

Monday, April 13th, 2009

ribbon La Paloma assures your success – or you’re welcome back for free.
They say there are no guarantees in life, but at La Paloma Treatment Center we’re so sure of what we have to offer that your success is guaranteed.

Of course, that doesn’t mean we promise you a life free of addiction issues (no one can do that), but we offer a limited guarantee that entitles anyone who participates in our residential program for 90 days and then engages in the Intensive Case Management program for a year to return to treatment free if they relapse.
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Tags: Alcohol, Foundations Recovery Network, Illicit Drugs, Intensive Case Management Program, La Paloma Treatment Center, Nonprescribed Medication, Relapse, Residential Program
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Noah’s Notes: Lightening the Load

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Cucumbers Noted philosopher Noah benShea shares a personal story about how caring for others impacts the burdens we carry.

Doctors say there is enough salt in one pickle to give us all the sodium we need for a year. I’d like more years, and so I consume fewer pickles. But this is a story I still gnaw on over the years. It is a story my father’s mother told over and over. And over and over. When I was younger I thought this was just the malaise of her advancing age. But it wasn’t. She was simply hoping we were listening.

The story goes that two or three times every year in the midsummer, my grandmother, and other ladies in the neighborhood, would gather at one of their homes to pack pickles. They each brought a bushel of cucumbers, dill, salt, bay leaves, jars, and their troubles.
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Tags: Bearing Burdens, Foundations Recovery Network, la paloma, Noah Ben Shea, Noah benShea, Packing Pickles, Starbucks
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Heroin: Dangerously Hip?

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

heroin girl Heroin use has spiked among teens as the dangerous drug becomes trendy again.

The saying “what goes around comes around.” It’s true for fashion and other trends. Sadly, it’s also true when it comes to drug use. Heroin got a big boost in the early ‘90s as a staple in Seattle’s grunge scene. Most famous among the drug’s users was Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, who lost his battle with heroin addiction after checking himself out of a California rehab facility and returning home to commit suicide.

A New Generation of Heroin Users

Despite that cautionary tale, a new generation of young people, many of them still in their teens, are turning to heroin to get high. (more…)

Tags: Detox, Drug Use, Grunge, Heroin, Heroin Addiction, Injected, Intravenous Drug Use, Kurt Cobain, la paloma, Nirvana, Rehab Facility, Snorted, Suicide, Withdrawal
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