Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.

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rock

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A small amount of Crack Cocaine in a solid form; free-base cocaine in solid form.

One of the earliest forms of addiction treatment in the United States, AA developed the 12-step approach to assisting recovery from alcohol addiction (alcoholism). Several other anonymous groups have ...

halcion

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A depressant drug of the benzodiazepine family used to induce sleep.

auditory cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

That part of the cerebral cortex that processes sounds and produces our awareness of them.

synthesize

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

To make a chemical from constitutional parts. Exact copies of drugs found in nature or created in the laboratory are synthesized in laboratories from simpler chemicals. Many substances are also ...

detoxification

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The process of removing a drug from the body. This is the initial period addicts must go through to become drug-free. Withdrawal symptoms appear early during this process. Depending on the drug, ...