Drug Addiction and Support

• According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, those who are addicted to drugs have a disease that has two symptoms---craving drugs and the compulsion to seek them. Most drug addiction treatment centers offer psychological treatment and emotional support while encouraging abstinence.
  
  

Effects

• Seventy-six percent of admissions to U.S. prisons are non-violent offenders who are there on drug-related charges, and many believe that drug treatment facilities are an effective way to reduce that number and help repeat offenders stay out of jail and get clean. It also can help lower the cost to taxpayers.
  
  

Prescription Drug Abuse

• Prescription drugs have become a big problem: Each year, the non-medical use of pain killers causes more than 8,000 deaths, and many of them are between the ages of 18 and 25. Ironically, prescription drug abuse has been brought to international attention recently as a result of the deaths of numerous famous entertainers and celebrities.
  
  

Miami Drug Center Options

• There are two main types of treatment facilities that people addicted to drugs can attend in Miami: science-based and faith-based programs. Both share the idea that therapeutic rehabilitation, group and individual counseling, and health care treatment is all vital to treating a drug addiction. However, faith-based facilities incorporate spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation and pastoral counseling into the program.
  
  

Recovery First in Miami

• One of the largest programs in Miami is called Recovery First, which offers outpatient treatment programs and inpatient treatment. Outpatient treatment lasts for six weeks and includes a specially designed program of one-on-one counseling and group therapy. The inpatient program lasts for 30 days and requires that the individual live in the residential facility and be monitored 24 hours a day.
  
  

Conclusion

• Miami has more than a dozen drug addiction treatment centers staffed with therapists, psychologists, doctors, nurses and counselors, and all share a passion for treating drug-dependent patients and families.