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Drug rehab program for marijuana addiction

Not everyone who uses marijuana becomes addicted, when a user begins to seek out and take the drug compulsively, that person is said to be dependent on the drug or addicted to it. In 1995, 165,000 people entering drug treatment programs reported marijuana as their primary drug of abuse, showing they needed help to stop using.

Some heavy users of marijuana show signs of dependence because when they do not use the drug, they develop withdrawal symptoms. Some subjects in an experiment on marijuana withdrawal had symptoms, such as restlessness, loss of appetite, trouble with sleeping, weight loss, and shaky hands.

The drug rehabilitation technology used by Narconon has been able to eradicate the major damage in persons who have been on marijuana as well as make further addiction unnecessary and unwanted.

This is exact technology which not only gets a person painlessly off drugs but handles their physical and mental effects and helps them get back in control of their lives.

Workable solutions have been developed in the Narconon program that enable a person not only to cease marijuana use, but to reach and eradicate the root causes which started him or her down that dark road.

When a person use marijuana over a period of time, the body becomes unable to completly eliminate it all. Marijuana is broken down in the liver. These metabolites (the substances the body converts the marijuana into) although removed rapidly from the blood stream, become trapped in the fatty tissues. The problem that needs to be addressed is that these marijuna residues remain for years. Tissues in our bodies that are high in fats are turned over very slowly. When they are turned over, the stored metabolites are released into the blood stream and reactivate the same brain centers as if the person actually took the marijuana. The former addict now experiences a drug restimulation (or "flashbacks") and marijuana craving. This can continue to occur for years, even decades.

Craving is an extremely powerful urge and can cause a person to create all kinds of "reasons" they should using marijuana again. He is now trapped in an endless cycle of trying to quit, craving, relapse.

But, because deposits of marijuana metabolites release back into the bloodsteam from fatty tissues for years, craving and relapse remain a cause for concern. Left unhandled, the presence of metabolites even in microscopic amounts cause the brain to react as if the addict had again actually taken the drug and can set up craving and relapse even after years of sobriety.

The New Life Detoxification program which will get him rid of all the marijuana residuals accumulated in his fat tissues and cells. That will complete his detoxification.

Drug rehabilitation is a multi-phase, multi-faceted, long term process. Detoxification is only the first step on the road of addiction treatment. Physical detoxification alone is not sufficient to change the patters of a drug addict. Recovery from addiction involves an extended process . So after the detoxification steps the person will be re-habilitate. This program is based on a social education approach. The person is provided with knowledge on how to change his life and how to live comfortably without marijuana.

During that rehabilitation step the addict will be giving the tools, with the help of a series of life skills courses, to recognize and fix situations in his/her life that are not optimum and could bring him/her back to marijuana use.