Addiction by Leeya Grinchuk https://padlet.com/leeya_grinchuk/b2lid6ci0p6d Made with ♥ en-us 2018-10-22 19:54:11 UTC 2026-01-16 15:43:49 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Addiction? and How can we treat it? leeya_grinchuk https://padlet.com/leeya_grinchuk/b2lid6ci0p6d/wish/295681621
  • Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP) very little federal money was spent on treatment.
  • Drug users were stigmatized--addiction was seen as a weakness, and addicts were believed to be self-centered and hedonistic.
  • Two-thirds of Nixon's federal drug budget was set aside for treatment and prevention.
  • Both private and federally funded studies have found that treatment is not only rehabilitative, but it is a cost-effective way to combat drug abuse. 
  • According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), half of the 3.6 million people who need treatment in the U.S. cannot find or afford it.
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  • In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was the first treatment organization to label addiction a disease.
  • According to Dr. Leshner, when a person first begins to use a drug such as heroin or cocaine, there is a slight chemical alteration to the brain.
  • After a prolonged period of regular drug use, there is a more significant chemical change in the brain and drug use is no longer voluntary. 
  • At this point a "user" becomes an "addict."
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  • There is no medical solution to addiction.
  • Cocaine and heroin abuse can be medically treated.
  • There are no medications that exist for marijuana and methamphetamine.
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  • Amantadine is a drug that withdrawals symptoms of cocaine.
  • The side effects of amantadine: purplish swelling of ankles, restlessness, depression, and congestive heart failure.
  • Other side effects include lack of motivation, joylessness, drooling, and jerky movements.
  • If addicts take too much cocaine they can overdose.
  • Cocaine addicts have weaker immune systems.

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  • Naltrexone is a drug that blocks the receptors involved with the heroin "high."
  • Methadone is the most successful drug used to treat heroin addiction. 
  • Buprenorphine only needs to be administered once a day. 
  • Buprenorphine blocks the high of heroin.
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  • These facilities require an inpatient stay, usually between 10-28 days.
  • The residents of an Oxford House try to encourage each other to stay clean and sober. 
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  • Many smokers may be addicted to nicotine but are able to quit if they have a strong enough desire.
  • Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) program focuses on enhancing individual motivation and encourages addicts to learn new behaviors.
  • Many doctors and researchers believe that regular drug abuse may induce compulsive behavior, drug addicts always retain a degree of control over their behavior. 
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  • They believe drug abuse cannot be combated without addressing social and economic inequalities.
  • A number amount of experts are beginning to view drug addiction as a phenomenon that has a root in social dysfunction. 
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