Addiction Treatment; Yesterday and Today 
In the past, society viewed drug addiction as a moral flaw. Popular ” addiction treatment” involved imprisonment, sentencing to asylums, and church-guided prayer. Not surprisingly, these methods were generally ineffective.Today we understand that drug addiction is a brain disease characterized by fundamental and long-lasting changes in the brain. Modern addiction treatment [...]

Drug rehabilitation drug rehab or just rehab, is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The generally stated intent of drug rehab is to enable the patient to cease his substance [...]

Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehab
There are many drug rehab and alcohol rehab programs located throughout the world. Most of the drug rehab centers take into account particular features representing the multitude of personalities of the individuals, the cause of the drug addiction, as well as the chemical that provoked it. Whatever the addiction treatment professionals [...]

By Robert Mathias, NIDA NOTES Staff Writer
Drug abuse treatment programs can significantly increase the likelihood that patients will stay in drug addiction treatment programs and remain abstinent by offering them more groups and individual counseling opportunities and encouraging them to participate in complementary 12-step programs, such as Narcotics Anonymous, according to NIDA-supported research. 
A series [...]