Methadone Heroin

There are over 6 million people in Tennessee and for such a large area this seems less dense than other areas of the country. Like other states the amount of people entering Tennessee alcohol and drug rehab facilities is continuing to rise.

There are a couple ways to look at this. While this is good that those that need substance abuse help are getting it, but on the flip side it’s and indicator of the mounting drug abuse problem.  Prescription drugs are of major concern across the country, with many kids becoming addicted to prescription pain killers and later turning to the street for heroin.

There were just over 9,000 treatment admissions in 2008, and that number climbed to more than 10,000 in 2009. Additionally in 2007 the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) s indicate that 151,000 Tennessee citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year.

The future of Tennessee drug rehab admissions is obviously indicated by the number of youth abusing drugs and or alcohol presently. In 2007 there are nearly 10% of person 12 or older using illicit drugs, and on average approximately 40% of high school with lifetime marijuana use. That’s half a million people in Tennessee. If current numbers align into the future, we will see a steady increase of drug and alcohol abuse, and with drug rehab facilities to service 10,000 it’s just not enough.

The biggest problem with these facilities is being outpatient drug rehabs, detox only or methadone maintenance programs. These methods of treatment offer little success with addiction recovery. Long term drug rehab treatment provides the best chance at overcoming addiction. A very small percent of the treatment programs in Tennessee offer long term inpatient rehab.  

When searching Tennessee Drug Rehab Centers, the key to finding the most success is typically going to be with a long-term program that is more than 90 days in length and that focuses on helping the individual restore personal responsibility with drug-free methods.

Methadone Maintenance: Sam Sullivan speaks about SALOME -Vancouver’s New Heroin Maintenance Trial at VANDU 3.mp4

In this video, Sam Sullivan, former Mayor of Vancouver talks about SALOME – Vancouver’s New Heroin Maintenance Trial and other things to Members of VANDU and Ann Livingston in Vancouver Downtown Eastside The following text is from stopthedrugwar.org The Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness (SALOME) will choose a Downtown Eastside location next month and begin taking applications from potential participants in February, according to a Tuesday press release from the Inner Change Foundation, which, along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is funding the trial. With selection of participants supposed to last only three weeks, that means SALOME could be underway by March. SALOME will enroll 322 hard-core heroin addicts—they must have been using at least five years and failed other treatments, including methadone maintenance—in a year-long, two-phase study. During the first phase, half will be given injectable heroin (diacetylmorphine) and half will be given injectable Dilaudid® (hydromorphone). In the second phase, half of the participants will be switched to oral versions of the drug they are using. The comparison of heroin and Dilaudid® was inspired by unanticipated results from SALOME’s forerunner, NAOMI (the North American Opiate Medication Study), which began in Vancouver in 2005 and produced positive results in research reviews last year. In NAOMI, researchers found that participants could not differentiate between heroin and Dilaudid …

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