is there any one out there!

Hi...i just want to know ...Is there anyone out there who knows someone who's quality of life could be improved if a 6 month window of opportunity was oppened up for them to get used to life without drugs and their addictive properties.

alcohol and the effects of alcohol

 High levels of alcohol consumption are correlated with an increased risk of developing alcoholism, cardiovascular disease, malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and cancer. Damage to the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system can occur from sustained alcohol consumption.Long-term use of alcohol in excessive quantities is capable of damaging nearly every organ and system in the body. The developing adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of alcohol.   more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_alcohol

Methodone or not methodone

Anecdotally we know that some people actually use more heroin when they are on methadone because they aren’t worried about hanging out if they run out of money or there is a heroin drought.  This is an example of the goal of harm minimisation NOT being reached.
Read More... http://www.firststepprogram.org/home/services/drug-and-alcohol-dependence

Dr George says

Dr George O'Neil Says:
December 29th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Naltreone is a drug that always works efficiently providing the medication has been taken or delivered effectively. The problem for heroin addicts and for those with other addictions that may respond to naltrexone treatment is one of making sure that the drug is delivered. In Perth we have treated 2,300 patients for opiate dependance, 230 for alcohol dependance and 230 for amphetamine dependance with naltrexone implants. The randomised study by the university of Western Australia talked about above is the first RCT with an implant delevering naltrexone at theraputic levels for 4-6 months. The comment that naltrexone is a contraversial drug is out of context with a thorough research program on naltrexone since 1964. Providing the drug is delivered properly at appropriate concentrations it always blocks the opiate receptors. The development work in Perth to allow more efficient delivery of naltrexone opens up a method which shortens the number of years of opiate dependance and protects against overdose for prolonged periods of time. We have had no overdose deaths in the first 9 months following treatment in approximately 4000 patient years of treatment. We will continue to work to improve this area of medicine and we are confident that the randomised controlled trials of long acting naltrexone described above will help. In the past we have been limited to using opiate agonists (eg methadone) as the safest method of managing opiate dependance.

read more here http://treatmentcenters.com/blog/new-hope-for-heroin-users-naltrexone-implants

Drug rehabilitation in Western Australia

We are soon creating a company to bring clients to Western Australia to get a Naltrexone Implant and then spend a few months in a rehabilitation centre in Country Australia. Just curious if there are people overseas that would be interested in sending loved ones to australia to tackle their alcohol addiction or heroin addiction in one of the most successful rehabilitation programs.

Parents say jail made son worse

Parents say jail made son worse ....Something that i have heard Dr George O'Neil say a few times now.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/8699931/parents-say-jail-made-son-worse/

Addicts praise confined residential rehab

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/8699929/addicts-praise-confined-residential-rehab/

Addicts praise confined residential rehab
Parents say jail made son worse