Drug and Alcohol Rehabs Blog

The Importance of Knowing about Different Types of Rehabs

A common mistake made by many individuals and families seeking drug and alcohol rehabs for themselves or a loved one is believing that “rehab is rehab” and that the main differences are only in the cost, location and setting.

However, those are actually only of secondary importance compared to what type of treatments are offered and what rehabilitation philosophies are followed by the facilities.

For example, one major difference is whether the drug rehab centers believe that addiction is an incurable brain disease or if they can demonstrate that people can actually become permanently cured with no further relapse or symptoms of the addiction.

Another difference is if they prescribe drugs to patients or if they use healthier alternatives to address the symptoms often associated with addiction. Many medications given in treatment centers today either have heavy side effects or potentially cause relapse because of their abuse potential themselves. After all, prescription drug addiction is one of the biggest problems in America today.

So, before you choose a drug rehab program based on cost or location alone, call us to speak with someone who can go over all of your options so that you can make an educated decision. Call 1-877-421-9659 today.

More Funding for Rehabilitation and Prevention

On February 1, 2010 the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) issued its proposed budget for 2011 addiction treatment and prevention programs, citing a 13 percent increase in spending for prevention and education as well as an increase of nearly 4 percent for drug treatment services.

While the proposed increases are welcome, many in the drug rehab field feel that too much money is spent on the supply reduction and not enough on the demand reduction, as there is still a very wide gap of those who need drug rehab centers vs. those who actually get some type of help.

In fact, roughly 22 million people report past-month use of illicit drugs yet only about 2 million people receive some type of addiction treatment.

Given the amount of wasteful spending and bureaucratic tendencies, it is doubtful that governmental interdiction will make any substantial impact in the near future on the problem. Just like with rehabilitation programs who don’t get results, they have to continually justify their own existence by showing how bad the problem really is, when if they would just get results then they would have all the resources they needed to handle the problem.