Marijuana Addiction
The dangers and harm done by marijuana use has been under debate for decades and show no signs of lessening.
Whether marijuana
addiction exists or not is even more hotly debated.
Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences.
When
addiction exists, the drug controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage. Statistics do show increasing numbers of people entering addiction
treatment reporting marijuana as their primary drug of abuse. Add to this the much stronger strains of marijuana available and the tendency to mix the drug with other substances such or crack and PCP and the potential for addiction becomes more pronounced.
Rather than endlessly debate the issue, one should simply look at the marijuana use of self or a loved one against the above definition.
Drug Rehab Information By State
Drug
rehab for young adults can sometimes present unique but fully resolvable issues to be addressed.
Young adults can often the life experience which would serve to drive home the seriousness of their situation.
They often times have little or no experience at being fully independent and responsible.
Many still have very close financial ties to family, and as such may not have yet felt the full impact of their addiction.
The rebelliousness of youth has often not fully play out and can get very irrational indeed when coupled with drug addiction.
Addiction always involves cravings and feeling of guilt and depression whether the individual is fully aware of it or not. Narconon Arrowhead is fully aware of the particular factors related to age when entering rehab. Our personalized approach is able to achieve results that last, regardless of age or life experience.
Chemical dependency
rehab is an all inclusive term which covers
addiction rehabilitation for a full array of drug and chemicals.
Alcohol of course is included in any discussion of
addiction and whenever
drug addiction is spoken it should be understood that this includes alcohol – which can be one of the roughest
addictions to treat and recover from. Illegal street drugs such as heroin, crack, and meth would come under this category of chemical dependency.
One of the fastest growing areas of chemical dependency,
abuse and addiction is coming from prescription drugs.
More and more people entering a
chemical dependency rehab are reporting prescription drug
abuse in addition to their alcohol or
illegal drug addiction and also as their primary drug of abuse or addiction.
Many of these
prescription drugs and chemicals build up tolerance which leads to abuse and addiction as well as having side effects that can be severe and life threatening, especially so when abused.
Rehab
detox is often considered to be merely withdrawal services.
Withdrawal while vital is not really the full
detoxification needed to insure a full handling for the drugs and toxins still in the body creating sometime uncontrollable cravings. The Narconon Arrowhead New Life
Detoxification Program fully handles the drugs and toxin residuals that lodge in the fatty tissues for months and years.
In moments of stress these drug residuals break loose from the fatty tissues when they can re-enter the blood stream creating intense mental and physical cravings even though the drug has not been used for some time.
This is one of the major reasons for relapse and continued use.
Most of Narconon Arrowhead participants report and end to cravings at the end of the
detoxification portion of the program accompanied by a marked resurgence in their overall sense of well being
Narconon Arrowhead is not only a drug
addiction rehab, but is also a drug
abuse rehab.
In reality these two are very similar with the main difference being degree of use.
If we understand drug
abuse as ‘the harmful and illegal non-medicinal use of drugs or alcohol’; and
addiction as
‘a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite social, mental, and physical consequences’ we see that the line between the two is small at best.
Cravings, guilt, and depression resulting from drug or alcohol use are the common denominators between the two and ARE the points needing resolved if one is to achieve lasting sobriety from either abuse or addiction.
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