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Can Anyone Please Tell Me What Heroin Detox Is?

Question by delaney v: Can anyone please tell me what heroin detox is?
I’ve heard my parents talking to each other about this. It seems as if one of my cousins will go through this sometime soon. I just got curious, since I’ve always heard of drug rehabs and treatment centers, but this is the first time I’ve heard of detox.

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Answer by aja b
Heroin detox is oftentimes the first step in a drug treatment program. It detoxifies the body. This means that it cleanses out remains of the drug and makes sure that the body is restored back to its healthy state. The managing of one’s diet is also a part of detoxification.

Can Drug Addicts Receive Welfare?

Question by rankoter: Can Drug Addicts receive Welfare?
is it possible for someone who is addicted to crack or heroine recevie welfare from the government. If so should we change the laws to require them to go to rehab first?

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Answer by Actions have consequences
MOST drug addicts collect welfare. Addiction doesn’t tend to make it easy to hold a job.

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My Girlfriend Is a Danger to Herself and Others Help Me?

Question by BEEFKAKE: My girlfriend is a danger to herself and others help me?
I recently found out my girlfriend is addicted to crystal meth. How do I go about getting a court to declare her a danger to herself and others so she can enter a state funded rehab center. We live in los angeles

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Answer by Eric
You’ll have to have law enforcement step in. She’ll be arrested and put on Prop 36 by the courts, where she’ll be mandated to attend classes and rehab.

Otherwise she can’t be put in a program against her will.

Has Anyone Had Any Luck With Out Patient Treatment for Cocaine?

Question by Kimmay: Has Anyone Had any Luck with Out patient Treatment for Cocaine?
My husband Has finally admitted he has a problem & he wants help. He wants to do outpatient treatment or Narc-Anon. Has anyone gone through this and had luck getting off the stuff? Or is Inpatient Rehab the only solution. This is not the first time he has gone through this, but this time he is aware that he needs professional help…. I need to know what to do. I love him & I want to support him with this in the best way I can.

How Is Counseling Done as Part of a Drug Rehab Program?

Question by aubrie a: How is counseling done as part of a drug rehab program?
I am a senior student and is dreaming of becoming a counselor someday. I’ve heard from our teacher that counseling is an essential part of drug rehabilitation programs. I want to know more about it to become a good counselor someday. I will help the victims of illegal drugs by giving them pieces of advice.

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Answer by ?????
the most well known drug rehab program that i know if is narcotics anonymous. you can read more about how their program works on their website: http://www.na.org/basic.htm

Free or Affordable Drug Rehap in South Africa?

Question by B-Stone: Free or affordable drug rehap in South Africa?
Hi All,

I’m looking for information on free or affordable drug rehab facilities in Johannesburg or Cape Town? The family I know would like to refer their son to rehabilitation for drug abuse before it reach an extreme level of abuse.

They are not well off with only the father working in the household. Another question I have relating the same subject is… If their son doesn’t agree to rehab (23 year old), is there anything they can do about it or is it simply, he needs to agree to rehab?