“Detox” is the vernacular for “detoxification”. And much like “rehab” which has entered the lexicon as a word synonymous with becoming straight – people equate “Detox” with getting “clean and sober”. But “Detox” is only a first step, and experts in addiction recovery agree that even the best methods of medical detoxification, are worthless, if […]

Filed under: Drug Treatment Center, Detox, Drug Addiction on February 27th, 2007 | No Comments »

The comedian Mitch Hedburg, himself dead of what was likely a heroin overdose in 2006, once joked “Alcoholism is a disease, but it’s like the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.” “Drug Addiction”, or “Chemical Dependency”, whatever one chooses to call it, is a disease; and yes, it is another […]

Filed under: Drug Treatment, Drug Treatment Center, Drug Rehab, Drug Treatment Program, Alcoholism on February 26th, 2007 | No Comments »

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that is devastating the lives of the people it touches every day. Over the last few years, methamphetamine, (or meth as it is commonly called), has gained in popularity with a cross-section of society. It has become the great equalizer, destroying the lives of the rich, […]

Filed under: Drug Treatment, Drug Treatment Center, Drug Rehab, Drug Treatment Program on February 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »