Healing Touch of Animals
R.I.P. Harvey, was our resident and first pet at Sobriety Home and a “cuddly member” of our Clinical Team for four years. It has been long believed that animals have a healing effect upon humans. In recent years, this theory has been proven true as witnessed by those that receive comfort, calmness and sense of […]
Food for Thought: Important New Scientific Findings That May Alter Addiction
Important New Scientific Findings: Vegetable MicroRNA Actually Changes Our Genes! Can This Possibly Mean that it Can Help Ward off Drug and Alcohol Addiction? Professor Chenyu Zhang, Nanjing University’s Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, set out with his team to find out whether it is our cells or it is plants that make up […]
Science and Emotion and Drug Addiction Exposed: A Review of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs by Dr. Marc Lewis
Dr. Marc Lewis’ book, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs, has only been out a few weeks and already the reviews are rolling in praising the work as a both a literary and a scientific achievement: Ian Brown of the Globe and Mail calls it a “…picture of […]
Adult ADD – linked to Addiction and Substance Abuse
Among adult suffers from substance abuse disorder (SUD), adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adult ADHD or ADD) is a common diagnosis with a prevalence of 15-30%. There is mounting evidence that ADHD is an important risk factor in the development and persistence of addiction. ADHD is associated with an early onset of substance abuse, a […]
New Report on Canada’s War on Drugs
Report from UBC’s Urban Health Research Initiative finds that Canada’s so-called war on drugs has not stopped the supply of drugs in the streets. According to the new report released in Ottawa last week, our war on drugs has only served to increase drug-related violence. Authors reviewed international research and concluded that 87% of studies […]
New OxyContin Policies for Manitoba
According to an official news release from the Health Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau additional safeguards for the use of OxyContin will soon be placed in Manitoba. The province is planning “aggressive action on OxyContin misuse”. This includes moving the prescription drug to part three of the Provincial Drug Program Formulary, which includes […]
US Children are Huffing
According to a new study from the US Department of Health and Human Services, inhalants have become the drug of choice. According to the study, using data collected from 2006-08 surveys on drug use and health, more 12-year olds admit to using inhalants to get high than prescription medications, marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens. Alcohol, on […]
Rehabilitation for Cocaine Addiction Works, According to New Study
According to a new study from the UK’s National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse (NTA), cocaine addiction recovery is very possible with addiction treatment that includes individual psychotherapy. According to a recent study, an astounding one in ten entering drug addiction treatment in England are entering forcocaine addiction, a four-percent increase in the last four […]
Methadone Treatments
We are really proud to announce the launch of our first ever microsite! Explaining our Methadone Treatments–from Methadone Therapy and Methadone Maintenance, to our Methadone Reduction Program–our new microsite is packed with information. Are you or your loved one considering methadone as part of their drug addiction treatment? If so, make sure to peruse the […]