Crystal Lake, Illinois
The city of Crystal Lake, Illinois is a suburb of Chicago and home to 40,388 residents. Located in southeastern McHenry County, Crystal Lake was named after the picturesque lake situated just over a mile away from downtown. In a recent survey conducted by WalletHub, the city of Crystal Lake was rated 10th best city among the 1,268 U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 residents. Addiction problems concern many residents of Crystal Lake, Illinois; top substances of abuse in the area include heroin, marijuana and crack cocaine.
During 2014, Illinois drug and alcohol rehab programs enrolled 27,378 individuals. Many enrolled in treatment programs cited problems with alcoholism and marijuana addiction. However,
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Some of the local and nearby drug rehab programs include Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Detoxification, Buprenorphine Used in Treatment, Naltrexone (oral), Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone), Community Mental Health Center, Hospital Inpatient, and Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment. Drug and alcohol rehab programs in the area provide residents with treatment methods ranging from “traditional” recovery options to those that offer alternative styles (e.g. holistic medicine). While the decision to get help with drug or alcohol addiction problems is often a personal choice, many people include their loved ones in the process in order to obtain insight and a different perspective. Ultimately, it is up to the addicted individual to make the effort and changes necessary to overcome their addiction …show more content…
During 2014, the most common drug threats in Oak Lawn, Illinois and the surrounding area was heroin, marijuana and crack cocaine. Local drug rehab programs in the Oak Lawn’s area offer a wide range of rehabilitation services. Drug rehab programs located in this village provide Outpatient Treatment, Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Regular Outpatient Treatment, Computerized Treatment, Hospital Inpatient Treatment, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, and care at an Outpatient Mental Health Facility. While it can be challenging to determine the right type of program to enroll into, here are a few general factors to take into consideration when choosing a program: the severity of the addict’s substance abuse problem, whether they have been through treatment before, and lastly if they are able to enroll in an inpatient or residential
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Drug court programs are able to bring many interveners (judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, substance abuse treatment specialists, probation officers, law enforcement and correctional personnel, educational and vocational experts, community leaders and others) to the forefront for the offender leading them to having to deal with his or her substance abuse problem. The studies have found that drug courts offer closer, more comprehensive supervision and much more frequent drug testing and monitoring during the program than other forms of community supervision and that “drug use and criminal behavior are substantially reduced while offenders are participating in drug
This leads to the second school of thought on medically assisted treatment. There has been a great deal of debate about the medication used to treat Opiate addiction, methadone. Many feel that the drug methadone is simply trading one drug in for another, as the addiction to methadone is quick and almost more powerful than an opiate addiction (Nelson, 1994). The withdrawals effects are far more intense with methadone and for this reason it is a lifetime maintenance medication. Some suggest that more rehabilitative programs are needed that would address the social problems the users have to help them recover, instead of the methadone program that is viewed...
Addiction is a dependence on a substance where the individual who is affected feels defenseless and unable to stop the obsession to use a substance or prevent a particular behavior. Millions of Americans have addictions to drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and even to behaviors such as obsessive gambling. Pharmacotherapy is a treatment process in which a counselor can use a particular drug to counter act an addictive drug or behavior. Not all counselors agree with this type of treatment. However in order to provide a client with an ethical treatment and unbiased opinions they should be made aware of all scientific evidence of different treatment options. “Thus, attention to addiction pharmacotherapy is an ethical mandate no matter what prejudices a counselor may have” (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2008, p. 196). Some particular pharmacotherapy’s a counselor may use for the treatment of addiction are Bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban), Disulfiram (Antabuse), Naltrexone (ReVia, Depade), Methadone (Dolophine), and Buprenorphine (Temgesic, Suboxone).
There are many contributing factors and political issues that address substance abuse. Throughout the years, many researchers have designed many interventions and social policies designed to treat people who have used, abused, and became addicted to substances. Today, there are many new studies that address substance abuse at the individual, group, family, and community or policy levels. Today, there are many services that are effective for decreasing recidivism in youth who have completed a substance abuse program. A substance abuse treatment program or center is the best way to treat individuals who have abused substances.
A private club by definition is a group of members who voluntarily organize themselves for a common purpose such as social or political pursuits. In order to grant private club status, courts consider the club's criteria for admission which must be a genuinely selective membership, membership fees, members’ control over the organization's operations, reasons for formation, and use of club facilities or services limited only for members and bona fide guests, in other words not open to the general public. My HRTM 285 class toured The Palmetto Club and Forest Lake Club which are both private clubs in Columbia, South Carolina. My first impression of the outside of the Palmetto Club was cold and boring, but the downtown location was convenient. Moreover, the inside reminded me of an older Southern nicely decorated plantation house. On the other hand, my
Right now in the United States there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the country’s prisons and jails. Out of this population about one-quarter of these inmates have been convicted of a drug offense. With drug offense arrests increasing nationwide and the prison population increasing there is an alternative to incarceration has been used over the past two decades in many cities across the country. This alternative is in the form of local drug courts that are now found in most major cities in the United States. A drug court is a specialized court in which the judge, prosecutor, public defender or private attorney, probation officers, and treatment counselors work together to help chemically dependent offenders obtain needed treatment and rehabilitation in an attempt to break the cycle of addiction and further criminal offenses. Some argue that treatment rather than incarceration is a waste of time and valuable resources that could be used elsewhere. Research however has shown that court ordered treatment is the best option for drug offenders. Treatments through drug court has proven to be less expensive than incarceration and has also been shown to reduce crime and provide a lower relapse and re-arrest rate for offenders that are placed in drug courts as opposed to those that are not.
Since the early 1990s, the degree of students abusing controlled substances has dramatically increased; abuse of painkillers increasing by more than 300 percent, abuse of stimulants increasing to more than 90 percent, and 110 percent increase in proportion of students using marijuana daily (Califano, 2007). In the most recent years, this issue of abuse has become far too common with the rate of illicit drug use of 22 percent among full time college students between the ages of 18 and 22 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2013). This percentage of substance abusers continues to dramatically increase annually.
In conclusion, there are many different characteristics, descriptions, and resources out there for substance abusers. If one educate this population on the resource that is available and making it affordable then substance abuse treatment centers would increase like Health People 2020 would want it to be. The community needs to be willing to promote awareness for substance abusers.
Though not much research has been done to find out the effectiveness on NA meetings for persons with addictions, there are some studies done to show outcomes of this form of treatment. Many addicts try to put themselves in rehab or some form of treatment to help them with their recovery. According to the article “Attendance at Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, frequency of attendance and substance use outcomes after residential treatment for drug dependence: a 5-year follow-up study” by Michael Gossop, Duncan Stewart, John Marsden, they state “…the relatively high rate of relapse which often occurs after leaving treatment gives rise to concern” (Gossop, Stewart, & Marsden ,2008). This means after rehab there is no form of treatment helping them with their sobriety. “Studies that looked specifically at NA have found an association between group attendance and improved drug-using outcomes and length of time in NA has been found to be related to abstinence from illicit drugs” (Gossop, Stewart, & Marsden ,2008). Another study on youth, ages ranging from 30 and under, from the article “Can 12-step group participation strengthen and extend the benefits of adolescent addiction treatment? A prospective analysis” by John Kelly, Sarah Dow, Julie Yeterian, and Christopher Kahler, explains “…high post-treatment rates
She also recognizes that there is little she can do to help herself while continuing to reside in her current environment. The treatment program in which she is enrolled does not remove her from the stressors and triggers in her normal, everyday life. According to Clinton and Scalise, “an inpatient drug rehabilitation center is the most effective means by which a heroin addict can be helped” (Clinton & Scalise, 2013). An inpatient drug rehabilitation center would be an ideal facility in order to provide her with a fresh and clean and healthy environment in which to recover. An inpatient treatment center will allow for all other medical needs to be addressed in addition to the main focus on recovery from substance use disorder. (Doweiko, 2012) During the time spent at a facility such as this, the goal would be for the patient to leave with the knowledge and skills to continue in their recovery even if they must return to their initial harmful environment. Here both psychological and physical needs are
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Working in the Behavioral Health Unit, I’ve had dealt with many patients who had the addiction to alcohol, benzos, pain killers, and others drugs.