DUI Trends Point to More Drugged Driving

DUI studies have shown an alarming trend in traffic fatalities related to driving under the influence of drugs, not alcohol.

“While the incidence of drunk driving violations has been on a decline, DUI while drugged is on the rise,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of The Atlanta Recovery Center, Narconon Drug Rehab. “DUI while taking prescription meds or illegal drugs causes impaired judgment and decreased motor skills. Drug abuse and drug addiction cause untold misery in families, jobs, the court systems, and in the open road. Be careful.”

In 2006, an estimated 13.3 percent of persons age 12 and older drove under the influence of an illicit drug or alcohol at least once in the past year. This percentage has dropped since 2005, when it was 14.1 percent. The 2006 estimate corresponds to 32.8 million persons.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that more than 17,000 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in 2006. Studies also have found that drugs are used by 10 to 22 percent of drivers involved in crashes, often in combination with alcohol.

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BAD DEAL

This story from Join Together bears comment notice.

This is not some B rated science fiction movie, but something actually happening in our world, in Mexico, not far from home. It is perhaps something so sick that most probably cannot even face the reality – people seeking treatment are being killed!   If the drugs won’t kill them the cartels will.

Recently the Mexican government has demonstrated a willingness to really fight this war, with whatever it takes.

It’s a nasty war and a patty cake approach won’t work.

“Local news media in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, estimate that more and more of the nearly 700 people killed so far this year, were people with addictions seeking treatment at local centers, the Washington Post reported June 14.

Some local officials and addiction counselors said that they believed patients in the treatment centers may owe local drug dealers money, work for competing gangs, or have stolen drugs – or that the high rate of unsolved murders in the border town may have contributed.

“Many people sell drugs during the day and sleep at the centers during the night. That’s the problem. Their troubles come home with them,” said Victor Silerio, who runs a treatment center that — unlike most in the vicinity — restricts patients’ access to leave and re-enter the facility.

At least seven treatment centers have closed since receiving threats from local drug gangs, said Silerio.

Local officials said that when about 10,000 soldiers policed Ciudad Juarez for a few months earlier in the year, the number of murders per day decreased.”

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/drugs-murder-inundate-border.html

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I INTEND TO MAKE UP THE DAMAGE

NARCONON REFLECTION

This realization came from a woman who was hopelessly addicted to prescription medication.  It is written with the hope that others will reach for effective drug treatment.

“Keeping things and people in my life is very important.   I was actually fortunate that things and people didn’t leave me while I was using drugs.  So many of us lose a lot of things and loved ones through addiction.

I am so grateful I still have everything and every body and I intend to make up the damage as I can to certain people.

This is very important to me.”

Narconon drug treatment helps those who have abused heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription medication and other drugs of abuse.

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GOOD ARTICLE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

This article, in the Indiana Gazette, written by Sam Kusic, very simply explains a big problem.  Prescription drug abuse is increasing with our youth and many of them are getting the drugs from home.  Percodan, vicodin, Oxycontin – just to name a few are just a grab away for many kids, who don’t know any better.

The article also points out that heroin and methadone are getting stronger – not a good sign and more potential for drug addiction.

The article is overall a good summary of what is going on in the area of addiction.

This piece points out all the more reason why we need more effective drug treatment and we need it now.   If we don’t have more drug rehab, then the prisons we are building today are sure to be filled tomorrow with these same 12 -18 year old kids that this article is talking about.

The choice is really up to us, the people and the final decision determines the fate of the society because of the scope of the problem.

Here is an excerpt from that article:

“Teenagers looking to score some drugs these days aren’t going any farther than the home medicine cabinet, according to a specialist in drug and alcohol addiction.

Kenneth A. Dickinson, a pharmacist and marketing director for Gaudenzia Inc., an operator of drug and alcohol treatment programs and centers, said Thursday that while use of illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines, has leveled off or declined, abuse of prescription medication is on the rise.

Dickinson spoke Thursday morning at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute’s annual summer school conference. The institute is sponsored by Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The weeklong seminar brings together teachers, guidance counselors, social workers, counselors, therapists and others. They hear from a variety of experts, who speak about issues related to high-risk youths and techniques for helping them.”

http://www.indianagazette.com/articles/2009/07/18/news/indiana_county/10019653.txt

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Cocaine Abuse- The Signs Are There

You think that someone you know may be using cocaine. But how can you be sure? Obviously they will deny any sort of involvement in cocaine abuse, so asking may be out of the question.

Is it possible to find tell-tale signs of cocaine abuse? Is there a way to be sure?

Drug addiction is something that no one wants, and by the telltale signs of cocaine abuse, tragedies may be avoided. Parents and family members need to be aware of what the signs are:

Cocaine is a crystalline white powder; crack is a drug that looks like small white rocks of chalk.

If, when looking around the house, or in clothes, you find very small plastic baggies with a white crystalline powder or residue, this is probably cocaine. Both crack and cocaine can be stored in the corner of a plastic baggie which is then tied off or knotted. Matchboxes and cigarette packs are a favorite place to hide baggies of cocaine or crack.

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