Great Friday morning everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  Today, I get blessed with the opportunity to sing one of my favorite singer's song, "The Cost of Living."  That is going to be our topic of discussion today, the cost of living high.  If your loved one is walking through life blinded to the deceit of a drug or

Good morning and thank you for taking time to read my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatmenter Center blog.  Yesterday, the AP released a story on the most recent available federal data and below are some of the statistics:

 1)  Heroin, cocaine, and marijuana is responsible for more than 1 million admissions annually to medical facilities for treatment.

2)  Illegal drug users that have used

Across the U.S., some drug treatment facilities are beginning to use incentive-based programs to reward patients who's drug tests come back negative. A team of Yale scientists studied one of these programs to try and determine it's cost and effectiveness.

"If patients submitted drug-free urine samples, they earned chances to draw from a fishbowl with 500 chips... The longer the patients remained

An herb known as Salvia, which causes hallucinations similar to LSD, may soon be banned in the state of Maine. It is listed only as a 'drug of concern' by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

"Kimberly Johnson of the Maine Office of Substance Abuse said a state ban is a good idea, because there's no point in waiting for the feds to take action."

Salvia is a member of the mint family and is sometimes called

After four 10th-graders in Pennsylvania were hospitalized this week with drug reactions, experts and police are looking into the sale of "snurf pills" on the Internet.

The children bought the drugs from an online store that marketed the Snurfs as a natural remedy composed of three herbs - Fevizia, Palenzia and De la Amazon. However, no such herbs exist.

Available online since 2005, snurfs may

A concerned mom wrote to Dr. Michael Levy of the Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, Massachusetts), seeking advice regarding her son who has struggled with substance abuse for several years. Now that he's almost 18, and nothing has worked, mom is wondering what else she can do. Dr. Levy responds:

"First, you can petition the court to commit him to inpatient treatment for his alcohol and drug use... If

School districts in Connecticut have had to face the fact that drug use is increasing among middle- and high-school students. In light of that fact, school districts are determining the best ways to respond.

"...Trumbull Public Schools and other school districts require students to take breath tests before they enter a school dance... The Darien Public School system is considering giving its

Information gathered from Florida's 24 state medical examiners reveals a disturbing trend - cocaine-related deaths have been steadily rising in the past several years. Law enforcement officials, substance abuse specialists, and others agree that the drug is gaining popularity among a new generation that's unaware of the drug's dangers.

"What's attracting new users? Low prices, for one. Between

The latest Monitoring the Future survey has found that prescription drug use among teenagers is still on the rise. Painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin were among the most popular.

"'For teenagers nowadays, prescription drugs are becoming more of a problem than illicit street drugs', said Russell Bush, Medical Director for the Lapeer County Health Department. 'We periodically have overdose