Addiction Treatment Information & Resources

1. Addiction Treatment Watchdog

A resource for educating patients and others about addiction and the treatment of opiate addiction

http://www.atwatchdog.org/

2. Drug Addiction Treatment Center Directory Substance Abuse Detox

Addiction Treatment Center Directory of Drug Rehabs, Detox Centers and Sober Living Homes. Residential substance abuse treatment, dual diagnosis bi-polar

http://www.soberrecovery.com/

3. Addiction Treatment Forum

Addiction Treatment Forum reports on substance abuse and addiction research, while supplying current news on methadone and other addition treatments to both

http://www.atforum.com/

Addictions - Alcohol

Alcohol is one of those addictions that unfortunately starts off very early in a person's life. Most people who become addicted to alcohol have addictive personalities to begin with but usually it takes more than that to s...

By: Michael Russell

Prescription Drug Abuse and Pill Withdrawal

Prescription Drug Abuse, or pill addiction as it is commonly called, and, ultimately, 'pill withdrawal' have been with us since doctors began prescribing drugs, but has become more widespread since the advent of the &lsquo...

By: Peter Nisbet

Alcohol Treatments

Alcohol treatment programs are available in every city and small town in the United States. Admitting to the problem of alcoholism and seeking help at an addiction center is the first positive step towards recovery. ...

By: Steve Valentino

Five years ago, Gretchen Betz was homeless, waking up in buildings without electricity or heat. Her drug addictions had broken and beaten her, said Betz. She was shooting heroin. She lost the custody ...

Yes," he said, in admitting to going into the popular drug store on Sept. 8 and handing a clerk a fake prescription for Oxycontin. "No," he said, to setting the building on fire a few hours after the ...

Yes," he said, in admitting to going into the popular drug store on Sept. 8 and handing a clerk a fake prescription for Oxycontin. "No," he said, to setting the building on fire a few hours after the ...

My mother was recently given a prescription for painkillers for chronic pain. I am a little concerned about this, because I don't want her to become addicted to it. Is she at risk? A: You ask a great ...

Cardinal Health has reached a settlement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and seven U.S. attorney's offices that will allow it to resume shipments of controlled substances from all of its...