Thank you for the continued support of reading my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  As I mentioned, it is time to discuss the holidays and substance abuse.  One type of holiday event that always happens are holiday parties and events.  Someone has to host the event and as the host it is your responsibility to make sure your guests are safe and follows the laws of the

When I first started writing blogs, I posted my dear friend's success story whom overcome addiction.  I wanted to repost it so all of my new readers can enjoy it! 

Believe me, an alcohol or drug addiction can be overcome as you can see in the following drug rehab program success story.

I started smoking marijuana and drinking many years ago when I was a teenager. I thought that I needed to do this

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

Good morning and thank you for taking time to read another entry of my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  Today's topic is a news story that says once a fading away 1990s designer drug is making a comeback.  There were two arrests within this week in the Twin Cities with the sales of ecstasy to undercover agents.  Ecstasy, or MDMA, has been used by 1% of people at MSU