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Drug abuse treatment centers are busy developing new methods for treating individuals who struggle with addiction to cocaine. According to recent data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), cocaine is the second most commonly abused drug in America (after marijuana) and approximately 15,000 deaths each year are related to stimulant abuse. Cocaine addiction is powerful, both physically and psychologically. Abusers of cocaine often experience depression and other serious mental health problems when not actually using the drug. This is largely due to the fact that prolonged cocaine use can cause significant changes in brain chemistry.

Cocaine use is also highly correlated with drug-related emergency room visits. According to one NIDA study, 28 percent of drug-related emergency room visits directly involved cocaine. Also according to NIDA, over half a million people in the United States regularly use cocaine (use it 51 or more days per year), and most of these are young, single people.

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April 8, 2009 marks the 91st birthday of former first lady Betty Ford. With the founding of the Betty Ford Center in 1982, Betty Ford made a groundbreaking contribution to the treatment of addiction for women. Betty had many roles in her lifetime: model, dancer, first lady, feminist, and cancer survivor. But it was her experience battling and surviving her own addictions that led to her most memorable venture.

In April 1978, the year that her husband lost the presidential election to democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, Betty began losing her battle against substance addiction. Her family staged an intervention, and she was admitted to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Long Beach, California, for chemical dependency. During her treatment at the hospital, she first saw the need for a detoxification and treatment center that would offer services for each gender separately. In 1982, Betty joined with her friend Ambassador Leonard Firestone to co-found the nonprofit center. (Source: www.findingdulcinea.com)

Labels: addiction, treatment, rehab

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