Drug Rehabilitation
Program
Drug rehabilitation is a general term for procedure
of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for addiction on
psychoactive substances such as prescription drugs, and so-called street
drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The clear intent of a
drug rehabilitation program is to
facilitate the patient to stop their prior level of abuse, for the sake
of steering clear of its legal, social, and physical consequences,
especially in severe abuse.
Many drug rehabilitation programs try to teach the patient new ways of
interacting in a drug free method. In particular, while in a drug
rehabilitation program, patients are given the tools not to hang out with friends who still abuse the
addictive substance. Drug rehabilitation programs convince addicts not
only to cease using drugs, but to look at and alter habits related to
their addictions.
Many drug rehabilitation programs stress that recovery is a lasting
process without a culmination. For legal drugs such as alcohol total abstenance rather than attempts at moderation, which may lead to relapse
are also emphasized. Whether moderation is achievable by those with a
drug abuse problem remains a contentious point but is usuually
considered unsustainable.
A drug rehabilitation program is from time to time part of the criminal justice
system. People convicted of minor drug crimes may be sentenced to
a drug rehabilitation program instead of jail time, and those convicted of driving
under the influence are often required to go to Narcotics Anonymous
meetings or enter a drug rehabilitation program.
