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Inpatient Treatment is most often residential in that they require that the client live within the facility during treatment. Inpatient treatment centers and programs are a higher level of care than outpatient programs and provide more intensive services and treatment than lower levels of the care continuum. Heroin Rapid Detox
As an Opioid heroin use escalates as the body’s tolerance for the drug increases. The increased tolerance is the cause of many overdose deaths given that the heroin user may be injecting 3 to 5 times the lethal dose in order to maintain their high. Rapid detoxification from high tolerance heroin use is extremely dangerous and can be fatal. Relapse for a heroin user after some period of absence can also be fatal as their tolerance level is no longer present and the same amount used during their last episode prior to a period abstinence will often kill the user. Oxycodone Addiction
Oxycodone works by stimulating certain opoid receptors that are located throughout the central nervous system, in the brain and along the spinal cord. When the oxycodone binds to the opoid receptors, a variety of physiologic responses can occur ranging from pain relief, to slowed breathing to euphoria. Withdrawal reactions include anxiety, irritability, sweating, trouble sleeping and diarrhea. Drug Rehabilitation
Drug Rehabilitation
is an umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a
drug stops using that drug. These processes can vary from cold turkey to the use
of substitute drugs which do not have the same action upon the state of consciousness
as the original drug to which the person was addicted.
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Organizations
- American
Council for Drug Education
Agency that develops substance abuse prevention materials and programs;
site includes articles for teachers, youth, parents, health professionals,
and employers
- American
Health Foundation
National Cancer Institute center devoted to cancer prevention
- Children
Now
Nonpartisan, independent organization that uses communications strategies
to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community
leaders; site offers action alerts, news, and media literacy publications
- Connect
for Kids
Ideas for action and a reference room for parents
- DARE
Well-known and most widely used youth drug prevention program
- National
Drug Prevention League
Association of national drug abuse prevention organizations; site offers
drug information and links
- National
Runaway Switchboard
Operates a confidential hotline for runaway youth; site includes parent
services and teen information
- P.R.I.D.E.
Publishes surveys on substance knowledge, attitudes, and use by young
people
- Safe
& Drug-Free Schools
Program Department of Education program that guides the federal government's
substance use prevention activities in U.S. schools
Research
Resources
- Alcohol
Awareness Month
Underage drinking facts, activities, and resources
- Alcohol
Awareness Website for Grades 6-12
Activities and links related to alcohol awareness
- BBC
Education Activities, quizzes, and parent/teacher information
about drug prevention from the British Broadcasting Corporation
- Common
Sense: Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children
Parental resource site developed by the National PTA
- CyberIsle
Creative teen-developed site offering interactive information on sexuality,
tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, based in Canada
- Gang
Activity at School: Prevention Strategies
Columbia University monograph describes gang characteristics and a gang
prevention program
- Growing
Up Drug-Free
Parents' guide to prevention, published by the Department of Education
- Keeping
Children Drug Free Parent and community guide adopting family-centered
approaches
- Life
Skills Training
Well-researched school-based drug prevention program
- Parenting
Is Prevention Project
Federal program educating parents about their role in drug prevention
- Parenting
Is Prevention Resource Guide
Guide examines influence of parents on children's drug use and profiles
of selected programs
- Reality
Check: Keeping Youth Drug-Free (Caregivers' Guide) Resource
guide for parents, grandparents, elders, mentors, and other caregivers
- Talking
with Kids
Kaiser
Family Foundation initiative to encourage family communication about
"tough issues"; site includes parenting booklets and resources
- TeenNet
University of Toronto project that applies information technology
to health promotion in teens
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