The urgency to make K2 illegal in all states

Emergency rooms all over the country are seeing a rise in visits from teens suffering from side effects of the synthetic derivitive of marijuana known as K2 or spice.  K2 marketed as incense, is being sold in gas stations, head shops and online where teens are able to just walk in and make a purchase.  Legislators from several states are making a push to make k2 illegal and added to the contolled substance list of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The New York Times reports that the drug is quite elusive in that no one really knows what is in the herbal mix of K2.  One thing is for certain that the “herbal incense” is creating havoc in the lives of many teens, parents, shop owners and government officals.  One man is quoted as saying;“I know it’s not going to kill me,” who likened the drug’s effects to clove cigarettes. “It’s a waste of time, effort and money to ban something like this.”

Unfortunately, not so with the case of a teenage boy in Iowa who had just graduated high school a week before smoking K2.  Police reported that the boy started freaking out and hallucinating after smoking the synthetic substance; went home, got a rifle and shot himself.  Although this might be an isolate account, what is not so isolated is the fact poison control centers throughout the United States are receiving more and more calls from people who have smoked K2.

Many users of K2 really do not see the harm in smoking the “incense” even though the package states clearly, “not for human consumption”.  Proabationers and Parolees are using K2 because it does not show up on any drug tests, but will use it and take their changes for a clean urine test.

If you or your loved one is suffering from drug addiction and would like to find help in breaking the cycle of addiction.  Our referral specialists will help guide you or your loved one to an effective drug addiction treatment center which is best suited to meet your needs.

Call today for a free and confidential assessment and referral to a drug rehab that will provide education, support and a path to freedom from the cycle of addiction.

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Playing Russian Roulette With K2

K2, also know as Spice, is spreading like wildfire throughout the United States and sending many of its users to hospital emergency rooms.  Recently, CBS news reported that 6 states have put into law the illegal distribution and use of K2-synthetic marijuana;  Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and New York are now considering bans.

K2 is very easy to get.  One can order K2 off the internet and through magazines.  K2 seems harmful enough because it is marketed as incense or bath salts  and packaged in brightly colored bags.  But those who are using the synthetic drug are playing russian roulette with their lives.  Dr. Gaylor Lopez is the director of the Georgia Poison Control Center in Atlanta, states, “we started seeing a mushrooming of calls”, only 12 calls came into the Poison Control Center in 2009, the center has already received over 500 calls nationwide, which is “incredibly dangerous” Lopez says. 

K2 is 15 times more potent that marijuana and can have disturbing side effects like seizures and tremor activity.  One user states that he had used the drug more than 50 times until he wound up in the hospital and then found himself going to addiction treatment in New York.  Everytime one uses K2 they are gambling with their lives.  The Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C., is looking into whether they should put K2-spice should be a controlled substance and make illegal in all 50 states. 

Are you or someone you know suffering from addiction?  Many are finding help through drug rehabs all across the country and recogonizing that just because a drug is considered legal by most states, such as K2, it can be harmful and even deadl.  Referral specialist are available to speak with you or your loved one and help you in your search for effective treatment through drug rehab and education.  Your life or the life of your loved one is too valuable to play Russian Roulette with mind controlling substances.  Get your life back by calling 1.800.863.9166, or visiting the Get Help page of this site and find your way to freedom out of the cycle of addiction.  Our services are always confidential.

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Puerto Rican Drug Bust

CNN reports,  according to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division along with the Justice Department, 158 arrests were made in conjuction with the largest drug and illegal weapons bust in Puerto Rican history.  500 agents and local officals worked to secure the apprehension of drug ring leaders, runners, suppliers and sellers.  This operation will rid the west coast in the small Caribbean Island of the most hard core and major drug traffickers in Puerto Rico. 

The defendants were charged with the attempt to distribute and sell marijuana, crack, cocaine, heroin, as well as, the possession of firearms.  If convicted the defendants could spend up to life in prison and pay fines up to $4 million dollars.  Most of the arrest were made near public housing complexes located near schools and sports facilites.  The area of the arrests is where a major sporting event would be taking place where as many as 300,000 spectators would be in attendance. 

The arrest helped save millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs to be distributed to waiting drug addicts eager to buy, sell and use the harmful substances.  Drug addiction treatment centers are in the fight to help save lives of millions of drug addicts from the drug ring leaders and distributors such as the ones arrested in Puerto Rico.  Drug education and drug rehabilitation centers are available to help you or your loved one fighting to end the cycle of addiction in your life or the life of your loved one. 

Referral specialists are available for confidential assessments and referrals to drug addiction treatment centers in North America and neighboring islands such as in Puerto Rico.  Call today and start your path to healing and recovery from addiction. 

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Heroin Addiction in Tennessee

In a recent report done by News Channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a heroin drug ring was dismantled and saved from being sold on the streets and injected into the arms of heroin drug addicts.  This latest drug bust leads many to ask the question-Is there a heroin problem in Chattanooga?  Because heroin is inexpensive, one can purchase heroin for $20 to $60 depending on the amount used, makes the opiate one of the most commonly used drugs.  Heroin can be snorted or smoked, however, injecting the drug is what most addicts prefer. 

Caucasian males in their late teen’s to early twenties are the most common users of heroin.  It is a very dangerous drug causing liver, kidney and heart disease among other types of infectious diseases.  Many people who use heroin simply want to get their fix so the sharing of needles is a common practice which puts the user at risk of HIV. 

Heroin addiction in Chattanooga has not seen as much activity as the addiction to methamphetamine, cocaine or marijuana has.  However, because of the I-75 corridor that runs directly through the city and serves as a major thoroughfare for drug trafficking, the drug bust is not surprising. 

Drug addiction treatment centers will more than likely see a spike in heroin addicts looking for treatment in the Chattanooga area because of this major heroin drug bust.  If you or someone you know is addicted to heroin or any substance and would like to speak with a referral specialist who can help guide you to effective drug rehabilitation,  call 1.800.863.9166.  Confidential assessments and referrals are always available.  Or, you can fill out the form on the Get Help page and someone will respond to your request. 

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Seized Illegal Narcotics

According to CNN.com, California authorities siezed $45 million dollars worth of illegal drugs found in a tractor trailer.  The San Bernardino sheriffs office reports that during the investigation of the traffic violation, they noticed a “overwhelming odor”  coming from the pallets in the back of the truck.  Upon futher investigation the sheriffs officials discovered ”about 20 tons of narcotics stashed in pallets in the back of the truck, including about 38,000 pounds of marijuana, 2,700 pounds of cocaine and 67 pounds of methamphetamine, the sheriff’s office said in a statement,”  which resulted in was one of the largest narcotics bust in the counties history.

The California drug bust is a huge win in the war on drugs; stopping the sell of illegal drugs on the streets resulting in saved lives.  Unfortunately, billions of dollars worth of illegal drugs are still making their way to the streets.  Drug cartels, drug ring production, and street level hustlers are making a living at the expense of lives being destroyed due to the demand on illegal drugs causing havok in families, communities and society.

If  you or someone you know is suffering from the sting of addiction and needs drug addiction treatment, our referral specialist will help guide you in finding a drug rehab best suited to meet your needs.  

The war on drugs is not going away anytime soon, so we must make a strong effort by helping yourself and others find help through drug rehabilitation.    Call today or visit the Get Help page.  A confidential assessment and referral will help you on your path the freedom from addiction.

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Opiate Addiction

What are opiates?  Opiates come from the natural plant opium and processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy.  The drug was introduced as a pain reliever, sedative or as one definition describes opium,  “anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings.”  The drug and its derivitatives are used to dull or deaden feelings to pain and is commonly used in hospitals around the world. 

Addiction to prescription medications, which are mostly classified as opiates, is the fastest rising drug epidemic in the U.S.  Because prescription meds are easy to obtain; pain management facilites, internet, emergency rooms, over 30 million people are now addicted and need the services of drug addiction treatment facilites.  In today’s society, pressure from the economy, home, schools and work is creating an open door for many people of all ages to try and relieve the stress through prescription mediciation.  Taking drugs such as Oxycontin, Valium, Xanyx is a way to deaden or numb the pain that one is feelilng.  Unfortunately, addiction to these drugs is quick and causes the one addicted to loose jobs, families and friends, which in turn destroys communities and societies. 

Here is a list of the most commonly used opiates:

Heroin

Morphine

OxyContin

Valium

Methadone

Codeine

Percocet

Darvocet

Vicodin

Plus, many other types of opiates. 

Addiction is not subjected to the homeless and the down and out or the club goer, no one is exempt from the destruction of opiate addiction.  Just recently in Knoxville, Tennessee, a nurse was fired and lost her privilege to practice because of her addiction.  The cycle of addiction will destroy even the strongest of people.  Doctors, lawyers, judges, law enforcement are vicitms too of the prescription medication epidemic. 

If you or someone you know is suffering from addiction, drug rehab facilities will help bring about education and rehabilitation from opiate addiction.  The cycle can be broken but it takes the individual recogonizing their addiction and wanting to recieve help to break free.

Call today or visit the Get Help page, and recieve a confidential assessment and referral to an effective drug addiction treatment center.  Referral specialists will help guide you to a new life free from the abusive cycle of opiate addiction.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Opiate

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/29/fired-nurse-used-patients-drugs-state-says/

Overcoming Addiction

Living with addiction is a painful way to exist.  For the addicted, cravings and obsessions with drug use create an unbalanced way of life.  Families, communities and societies have lived with acceptable addictions such as; work, food, sex, substance abuse.  If one wants to overcome these addictions, one has to establish that help through drug addiction treatment centers is a necessary means of breaking the cycle of addiction. 

For many who are living with addiction, the escaspe through drugs and alcohol is a way of numbing the pain of hurtful events in one’s life; child abuse, neglect, dysfunctional relationships.  For others, food addictions, gambling, overworking, is a way of escape from the uneasieness or emptiness of life.

No one starts life with the purpose of becoming addicted to drugs, alcohol, food, work.  Yet, addiction lead to this time and time again.  However, once a person is hooked it is difficult to break the cycle of addiction unless one wants to badly enough.  The way through the downward spiral is through spiritual renewal which is obtained through education and drug rehabilitation. 

“Whatever form your addiction takes, see the reality of it. Know it is not who you are, but a trap you are caught in.”

Don’t live in false reality that will power alone will end the cycle of addiction.  This is not a fight against will, that will ultimately bring demise.  Embrace the hope of transcending addiction through renewal of the mind, body and spirit. 

If you or someone you know is trying to fight addiction through their own willpower and is constantly failing in the battle, call for a confidential assessment and referral to a drug rehab that is suited to fit your needs.  Or, you can fill out the form on the Get Help page. 

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Opium Afghan Addiction

Drug addiction in Afghanistan is twice the global average according to a recent press release by AFP.com international news agency.  The report states that eight percent of Afghans are addicted to opium the country’s main export.  Afghanistan is the world’s number one narcotic producer which is one reason over one million people between the ages of 15-64 are addiced to opium or heroin. 

Opium, the raw material for making heroin  is easily accessible in Afghanistan since the opium crop is the main source of income for most Afghans, therefore causing some of the increase in addiction.  Afghans are also being treated for addictions to marijuana, painkillers and tranquillsers as a “kind of self medication due to the hardships of life in this war torn country”.  Drug addiction treatment centers in Afghanistan are not able to handle the influx of drug addicts and can only treat about 10,000 patients. 

Nashville Trafficking Bust

Law enforcement agencies in four Middle Tennessee counties involved in a drug trafficking investigation thwarted a major drug cartel distribution ring.  According to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Nashville, officers raided homes and businesses and were able to confiscate drugs, money and weapons in a suburban Nashville subdivision and stopped a multi-million dollar cocaine distribution center. 

The Tennessean reports that the federal prosecutors office in Nashville states, “All of the arrests sprang from a single drug-trafficking operation that funneled several hundred kilograms of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into Middle Tennessee, California and Arizona.”

While these arrest are significant in getting drugs off the streets of Nashville, it is just a drop in the bucket in the war against drug abuse and addiction.  Thousands of Nashville residents are affected daily because of substance abuse.  Families and communities are destroyed due in part to the powerful force addiction displays in the body, mind and spirit of those who are caught in its vicious cycle.

If you or someone you know is suffering from addiction help is available.  Confidential assessments and referrals by our referral specialists will help guide you to effective addiction treatment.  Call today or fill out the form on the Get Help page. 

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia, the state’s fourth largest city with a metropolitian population of over 300,000.  Savannah is known as the jewel of the South with its location to the Atlantic Ocean and its historical significance.  What most do not know is that Savannah has a very high rate of crime in association with drug addiction.  In 2009, there were over 6000 crimes commited such as, assault, rape, murder and robbery, which most can be attributed to drug addiction.

Methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana  are the main substances that are abused in Savannah.  Most people do not want to admit that they have a problem with drug addiction or alcohol addiction.  The only way one can really get the help they need is to come to the realization that they need help.  Have  you lost jobs, relationships or opportunities because of the addiction to drugs or alcohol?  There is a way out of the cycle of addiction.  Addiction treatment will help you or your loved one break free from the abuse of drugs. 

Our referral specialist will help guide you or your loved one to an effective drug rehab.  A confidential assessment and referral is available.  Don’t allow one more day to pass without recieving help.  Call today.

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