Question by Itstartshere27: Do drug dealers, politicians and law enforcement profit from the “War on Drugs”?
I mean, I understand it’s the politicians fault for not revamping the system and ignoring what the people want. Look up any statistical poll and majority of Americans believe the Drug War is a complete failure. I blame money hungry politicians and people who are high up in the law enforcement community for keeping the status quo when are system needs to be revamped. How did the government ever get involved with trying to moderate human behavior and trying to enforce morality on people? I mean, you can’t tell me locking up massive amounts of people have helped our country deal with a drug problem. Also, don’t give me that same old rhetoric “well drugs destroys lives”…Well so do guns, cigarettes and alcohol. In fact, my closest family member has an extreme alcohol addiction and the last thing I would want is for her to be locked up for her addiction…and yet we continue to lock up people for choosing a different vice. Fact is, prohibiting anything never works, it just creates more violence, more addicts and more profits…Doesn’t that mean the politicians, law enforcement and drug dealers are all on the same side in the end since they are the only ones who profit from the “War on Drugs”? I think it’s pretty sickening if you ask me.
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Article by Laine McKenna
Alcohol is used as a celebratory gesture in just about every culture across the globe. It’s used for New Years, Christmas, birthdays, weddings, graduations, bar mitzvahs, and to commemorate just about any special occasion. In America, it’s almost like an earned rite of passage, where the elders hand the younger partygoers a sip…ah…and then it’s love at first sip.
It’s no wonder alcoholism runs in families. Few people actually wait until the legal drinking age of 21 to drink. Sometimes, adolescents take up drinking so early on, that by the time they’ve reached actual drinking age, they’ve become full-blown alcoholics.
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Article by Dougal White
Are you addicted to drinking alcohol? Are you addicted to drugs? If your answer to any of these questions is a yes then dont hesitate to seek for professional help. Currently you will find that alcoholism is rampant even in Christian religion. According to the scriptures you should not be drinking too much because there it is referred to as a sin. Bible tells us that a Christian is saved through the death of Lord Jesus Christ. Now, many of you will be having questions in mind about whether or not a Christian alcohol addiction or a Christian alcohol addicted person would also be saved or not? For this you will be required to understand the process of rebirth. If you are being saved then it is referred to as a rebirth process. Your lifestyle will be changing from darkness to light. Now, you need to answer the question that whether an alcoholic person walks in dark or in the light? Now, you know the answer to this question yourself and you can solve your inner queries as well. You should never drink wine as it will be leading to debauchery. Every alcoholic person is controlled by drink and is regarded as enslaved.
People would be thinking that it is only the sin of Christians but this is not the fact. It really does not matter to which religion or caste you belong. You should always remember that drinking is always regarded as a sin. An alcoholic person will abuse, control other people at home and try to manipulate them. You should never trust an alcoholic person. If you trust alcoholic people then you are literally impairing your emotional and mental thought patterns. An alcoholic person will try and make you weak from inside. In fact, if you go through the research studies then you will see that this problem is very big especially for married women. You will find a number of married women complaining about their husband having Christian alcohol addiction and they want to solve this problem anyhow. For this you can log in to http://www.christiandrugandalcoholtreatment.com.
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Question by John Lawton: In re: “High alcohol tolerance= high drug tolerance,” are you willing to die listening to incomplete advice?
First, you must realize that in this alcohol-phillic society, we jeopardize our health and that of others by not telling the truth about alcohol as a drug. Alcohol, viewed as a drug, is in the general class of drugs known as sedatives, which includes all the barbiturates, including, but not limited to sodium thiopental (commonly, “sodium pentothal”) which is a very commonly used general anesthetic! People who are addicted to either “class” of drug, whether it be alcohol or barbiturates/sedatives, will exhibit both cross-tolerance and cross-addiction to any drug from the other class. When this first became well-known as a result of the study of alcoholics (many of whom also had problems with barbiturates) in the ‘60s and ‘70s, medical science came up with a new term to describe the illness, “alcoholism/sedative-ism” as so many of the factors of one “addiction” were common to the other, including, but not limited to the alcohol/sedative cross-tolerance and cross-addiction.
Second, you must realize that you are risking your life on the advice of people who may not know what they are talking about. For example, justOkay with his BIOS360. If you listen to this kind of advice, YOU MAY DIE!!!
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Article by Luis Perdomo
There are many people in this world who are killed or kill because of alcohol. Teenagers and young adults tend to accept crazy bets to impress their friends that they can do some other thing even in an inebriated form. Most people who are alcohol addicts meet their demise through some or the other activity that is influenced by alcohol. We know about alcohol related illnesses like liver cirrhosis being responsible for deaths.Some people who drink large amount of alcohol just pass out and fall into deep sleep before the brain can signal the stomach to puke it out. All of this has to stop, considering that the addict is destroying their lives and livelihood by drinking alcohol. If the person goes into a nauseous state, he or she can choke on their own vomit and die in their sleep. In fact, the sad thing is that people do not have idea of how much is more and they do not have an inkling of when their interest turns into addiction. Florida rehab alcohol treatment center offers help to the addict once they are admitted into the program.Fortunately, after release, the addict will either go into an aftercare program or get on with their lives and go back to work. Just about everyone likes the way recovery makes them feel different or great. An alcohol treatment center is representative of the problems that occur in the community so if there are more rehab centers in one community over the next, it may mean that there is more alcoholic problem in that area.
There are so many instances of people turning into murderous villains, drinking and driving, killing people under the wheels of their cars or smashing the skull of someone after drinking high booze in pubs or street side alcohol shops. Vomiting is something that some people end up doing after alcohol. Of course, most of them are not lucky enough to end up in a Florida rehab center instead of ending up losing their lives.So before anything severe happens, family members need to take matters into their hand and get the addict into an alcohol treatment center and seek help. With treatment, the addict will become a sober person and improve their lives for a better outcome. Alcohol makes people do strange things, do activities that they would never have even though of doing, had they been sane. Alcohol, being a psychoactive drug, affects the mind, the mood, and other intellectual processes. We are already familiar with alcohol related diseases like liver cirrhosis, liver inflammation, stroke, heart disease, breast cancer, oral cancer etc that can be life-threatening due to alcohol addiction.The negative effect of alcohol shows how important it is for the alcoholic to get or seek help before it is too late. A Florida rehab program is highly likely to help to bring the person back to a normal way of life instead of always in a drunken stupor. Families will be mended after the person is fully recovered.
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Question by : Alcohol can wreck lives. Is it the most destructive drug of them all?
I know heroin, crack cocaine. methamphetamine etc can all be killers in their own right but I think alcohol is the worst drug of them all. Alot of people wouldn’t dream of taking hard drugs but regularly drink large amounts of alcohol because it is legal and freely available. This can lead to alcohol addiction and people becoming alcoholics. Once someone becomes an alcoholic it can destroy their lives and those around them.
It may not be because alcohol is worse than some hard drugs its just the fact that so many people drink alcohol it is inevitable that a portion of them will become alcoholics. Obviously if the same amount of people took heroin there would be alot more heroin addicts, but only a very small amount of people take heroin compared to alcohol. That is why I believe alcohol is such a dangerous drug, so many people drink it to excess not realizing what it could lead to.
Where I live in Scotland the Police have just announced that 80% of all arrests they make are of people that are under the influence of alcohol. For me, that says it all.
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Article by Tony Tracy
Alcohol addiction abuse can be understood better when you recognize that the cravings are on a psychological and physical level which requires an individual to take action to cease the cravings. One of the most widely used treatment methods comes from Alcoholics Anonymous. They note that in the first of their twelve step program a person has “admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable”. These types of controlling psychological and physical cravings are the very issues that those with alcoholism addiction pursue and try to stop. Furthermore, when alcoholic addiction individuals ceases to drink and begins going through the agonizing withdrawal symptoms, this is usually a reason for them to begin to drink again in so that they can stop the horrible pain that is experience with withdrawal.
In the area where the alcohol addiction abuse individual is not powerless is over their own actions. Even if the desire for alcohol is strong and the withdrawal aspects are extremely uncomfortable, the situation is still within that person’s ability to take no action to terminate the cravings and withdrawal symptoms. Strictly speaking, it is within the alcoholism addiction person’s power to resist consuming an alcoholic beverage. It is true that this is easier said than done and many alcoholics are not convinced that they have enough power to truly resist. Feelings of powerlessness to refrain from taking consuming alcohol stays strong as they regard the cravings and withdrawal symptoms as something that is too overwhelming.
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Article by Cin Rupp
Are you grappling with an alcohol or drug problem that has spun out of control? If so you most likely feel alone, helpless and ashamed. You also could be concerned about a friend or family member’s drug or alcohol abuse. In either case, you are certainly not alone. Addiction is a problem that may people face and the great news is that you or the person you care about can kick the habit and get better.
Alcohol and Drug addiction rehab is widely available. Today’s drug addiction treatment centers vary greatly and operate using all types of different treatment philosophies. One of the keys to success is to choose a drug or alcohol addiction rehabilitation treatment option that fits the learning style and psychological characteristics of your or the person you are helping. No longer are drug and alcohol rehab centers based only on the twelve step model developed by AA. If the person with the problem is fond of the classroom, a program that is made up of lectures may be a good treatment option to choose. Someone with strong religious views may benefit from a religion-based program while an affected person with psychological issues may do well in a specialized program that takes a dual diagnosis approach. Basically speaking, alcohol and drug addiction rehab programs can be classified as being either community-based programs, residential-based programs or alternative treatment programs.
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Article by Webster Trump
One of the most heartbreaking things you can experience is watching a loved one’s life slowly become ruined due to the devastating effects of alcoholism or drug addiction. Most likely you feel inadequate to help the person. And you may be understandably scared for the person’s health and safety (as well as the safety of others around him) if he continues down this path of self-destruction.
It can be maddening, frustrating, and gut-wrenching to deal with the person. And while you may feel very alone in trying to understand and cope with an addict, you are definitely not alone… Some Brief Statistics… When it comes to alcoholism and drug problems here in the U.S., the alcohol abuse facts are staggering….
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Question by Olga: Atheists: is it any wonder that atheists “recovering” from drug addiction have a success rate MUCH less than..?
people who use God as their higher power to recover. In fact, have ANY atheists ever recovered from drug or alcohol addiction?
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