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Welcome to the Drug Rehab Wiki, an encyclopedia of terms related to addiction, treatment, and related disorders.
You can use the left search box to find articles on specific topics. Each week we add new articles on topics related to drug rehab, addiction, intervention, treatment, and related co-occurring disorders such as depression, PTSD, and eating disorders.
The Drug Rehab Wiki is the first wiki to focus primarily on drug rehab related topics such as substance abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, and the co-occurring psychiatric disorders and underlying psychological issues that often accompany addiction. The goal of the Drug Rehab Wiki is to define various terms and phrases that you might come across in researching drug addiction or other addictions. In searching for drug rehab treatment, you should be well informed about the various psychiatric issues that can be treated in drug rehab because many addicted people have a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder or addiction.
The Drug Rehab Wiki also covers types of abused drugs, psychiatric issues, government organizations that focus on addiction research and treatment, the history of alcohol use and attitudes toward drug use, and just about any topic that has some relation to the use of alcohol or drugs.
Featured Article: A Short History of Drug Abuse
We know from archaeological evidence that humans have been using psychoactive substances for at least 10,000 years. While many of the same drugs continue to be used in modern times - such as cannabis, tobacco, and opiates — the context has changed dramatically. Archaeological and textual evidence indicates that drug use in antiquity was devoted to ritual and medicinal purposes. As the substances were routinely used in the service of spiritual and physical well-being, drug use in ancient times was socially acceptable and even considered a vital part of society.
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Featured Drug: bath salts
Bath salts are a new designer drug that are increasingly the target of statewide emergency bans and federal considerations because the substance is linked to severe hallucinations and acts of self-harm or suicide. Known chemically as MDMA, bath salts have a stimulant effect and create anxiety, paranoia, and mind-altering effects that have been compared to methamphetamine and heroin.
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Featured Drug: oxycodone
Oxycodone is rapidly becoming of the United States' most commonly abused drugs, based on the number of admissions to centers that treat addictions and emergency room statistics.
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Featured Drug Class: Opiate
Featured Treatment Article: Physician Health Program
Featured Dual Diagnosis Articles: PTSD, sex addiction, love addiction
Featured Replacement Therapy: Varenicline
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- 00:04, 9 May 2012 Cannabis addiction (hist) [1,755 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cannabis is the psychoactive compound found in cannabis (also known as THC) that enables a person to get "high." Almost a quarter of a million people enter rehabilitation treatm...")
- 18:03, 2 May 2012 Ritalin addiction (hist) [17,423 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Ritalin Overview== Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a Schedule II Controlled Substance, which means the United States government classifies it as having "a high potential for abus...")
- 23:49, 25 April 2012 Doctor shopping (hist) [1,219 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "=Doctor-shopping= Doctor-shopping refers to behavior by a patient visiting multiple doctors, often simultaneously, for the express purpose of obtaining a prescription for certai...")
- 23:43, 2 March 2012 Amnesia (hist) [4,315 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Amnesia means a temporary or permanent loss of memory. Amnesia can be caused by brain trauma or physical damage to the brain from wounds, tumors, viruses, or lesions; degenerativ...")
- 23:40, 2 March 2012 Gateway drug (hist) [5,259 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Those who advocate the “gateway drug” theory believe that young people start abusing drugs by using the mildest ones and the ones that are legal first, and then they progress...")
- 23:40, 2 March 2012 Black tar heroin (hist) [3,108 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heroin is a drug made from a fluid found in seed sacs of certain poppy plants. Originally developed as a painkiller, heroin is highly addictive and illegal in most parts of the ...")
- 23:39, 2 March 2012 Opioid analgesic (hist) [3,577 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "An opioid analgesic is opium or any drug chemically related to opium used to ease pain. Opium is made from a fluid found in the seed sacs of certain poppy plants. People have bee...")
- 23:36, 2 March 2012 Muscle relaxant (hist) [4,851 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A "muscle relaxant" is any one of several prescription drugs used to treat back pain associated with muscle spasms. They are also prescribed for cerebral palsy, multiple scle...")
- 23:29, 2 March 2012 Drug abuser (hist) [6,061 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A drug abuser is anyone who uses a chemical substance in a maladaptive way. Drug abusers are most commonly defined as those who use illegal substances recreationally or because t...")
- 23:27, 2 March 2012 Chronic pain (hist) [4,550 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The International Association for the Study of Pain composed a now commonly-used definition of chronic pain, and it is as follows: "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...")
