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"Addiction experts know that it is futile to diagnose underlying psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, depression, or anxiety when a patient is abusing drugs. drug abuse or dependence with its cycles of intoxication and withdrawal mimics every possible psychiatric problem from manic-depressive (bipolar) disorder and brief psychosis to anxiety disorder and sociopathic personality disorder. Any coexisting or underlying mental problem cannot be realistically assessed until the drug abuse or dependence has been adequately treated." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"They may run up charge cards, or get involved in gambling, financial affairs, extramarital affairs, alcohol or drug abuse that they would not otherwise be doing. It becomes almost the reverse of the depression spectrum—they need less sleep, they need less food, and everything is very intense. It can become rather horrific because people can become exhausted. They're sleeping two or three hours a day, if that. They may be getting by on a cup of coffee and a soda and cigarettes. At the same time they have this overwhelming sense of omnipotence about themselves and their abilities." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Less contradictory is the view of drug abuse: nearly everyone in mainstream society sees illegal (street) drugs, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, as being nothing less than addictive and dangerous. Both alcohol and street drugs, regardless of the amount used alter mood and behavior. Nutritional deficiencies and imbalances may make some people more susceptible to addictions and related mood issues. Once an addiction is established, it can lead to far more devastating nutrition and health problems. How prevalent is alcohol and drug abuse? Statistics are little more than educated guesses." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"This damage contributes to increasing crime, vandalism, violence, terrorism (sanctioned as well as unsanctioned), militarization, war, drug abuse (legal as well as illegal), police harassment, divorce . . . and on and on. Stress can also have negative effects on our environment. Eighty percent of accidents are caused by "human error," and the more stressed a person is, the more prone they are to error. And the consequences of human error in a nuclear power station, a chemical plant, or a tanker full of crude oil are familiar to us all." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"There is a neat party distinction, by the way, when politicians get into psychic trouble: Democratic politicians and their wives tend to suffer from mental illness (Eagleton, Kitty Dukakis, Tipper Gore), and Republicans from drug abuse (Betty Ford, George W. Bush). Only one in five voters said the press should report that a presidential candidate is taking antidepressants, placing it below spouse abuse, income tax evasion, exaggerated military or academic record, ongoing or past affair, homosexuality, cocaine and marijuana use, or a past drinking problem as an area of concern." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Any coexisting or underlying mental problem cannot be realistically assessed until the drug abuse or dependence has been adequately treated. In the process of drug rehabilitation, a new person often emerges—a more emotionally stable, rational, and likeable human being who no longer fits into any psychiatric diagnostic category except "substance abuse, in remission." Mrs. Barlow did not tell the full story of her daughter's desperate straits to the new doctor. Understandably, she was reluctant to inform him, "My kid's an addict and a potential felon. Hide your prescription pad." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Priapism can also be a sign of carbon monoxide poisoning as well as alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and other drug abuse. In addition, it can signal a spinal cord injury or disease, as well as an injury to the penis. Priapism is considered a medical emergency that, if untreated, can lead to serious scarring and permanent ED. WARNING SIGN Erectile dysfunction (ED) may be the earliest warning sign of heart disease. In fact, according to some recent studies, coronary heart disease tends to crop up about 3 years after the ED.The more severe the ED, the more serious the heart disease." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "And night sweats can be a tip-off to alcohol and drug abuse. In addition, sweating heavily at night can signal a number of systemic conditions, including GERD (see Excessive Burping, above), diabetes-related hypoglycemia, mononucleosis, and HIV/AIDS. Night sweats are also a classic clue to both tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Cough and fever are other frequent signs of TB, while malaria is often accompanied by nausea, headaches, and chills. Interestingly, sweating often accompanies the chills that are also common with these infections." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Although sugar is both legal and acceptable by society, there is very little difference between drug abuse and carbohydrate abuse. In an article in his Alternatives newsletter (December 2000), Dr. David G. Williams, M.D. states his feeling regarding sugar abuse and drug abuse: "Only when we begin to treat the former as seriously as the latter will be begin to see dramatic changes in our society" (pp. 142-143)." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"If 1 percent of the population of a particular area practices TM, he claims, or the square root of 1 percent of the population practices TM-Sidhi, a more advanced type of meditation, conflict of any variety—the rate of murders, crime, drug abuse, even traffic accidents?goes down. Twenty-two studies have tested the positive impact of the Maharishi Effect on crime levels. One study of 24 U.S. cities showed that whenever a city reached a point where 1 percent of the population was carrying out regular TM, the crime rate dropped to 24 percent." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Under a bold headline in caps entitled drug abuse and dependence with a bold subhead of "Physical and Psychological Dependence," the warning starts as follows: Withdrawal symptoms similar in character to those noted with sedative/hypnotics and alcohol have occurred following discontinuance of benzodiazepines, including XANAX. The symptoms can range from mild dysphoria and insomnia to a major syndrome that may include abdominal and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, tremors, and convulsions.9 The doctor might as well have been prescribing gin for a patient already addicted to vodka." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Another major cause of memory loss is alcohol and drug abuse, including prescription drugs. Toth explains, "When you use recreational drugs like cocaine or speed, it's like putting a blow torch on your delicate brain cells. People who have chronic long-term use of these kinds of drugs tend to lose memory much faster than other people." Cardiovascular dysfunction can cause memory loss. The blood vessels that carry oxygen and blood and food substances to the brain are stopped, either by a narrowing of those arteries or a blood clot. "The culprit might also be free radical damage," Toth says. " - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "A Dynamic, Multifactorial Model of Alcohol, drug abuse, and Crime: Linking Neuroscience and Behavior to Toxicology." Social Science Information (1999b). Masters, Roger D.; Coplan, Myron J. and Hone, Brian T. "Silicofluoride Usage, Tooth Decay, and Children's Blood Lead." Poster Presentation, Environmental Influences on Children: Brain, Development, and Behavior, Conference at New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, May 24-25, 1999. Masters, Roger D.; Coplan, Myron J. and Hone, Brian T. "Heavy Metal Toxicity, Development, and Behavior." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Lower neurotransmitters and endorphins are partially the result of drug abuse. More men than women abuse drugs—three times more—and up to five times more are alcohol abusers. Chronic alcoholics have about a third fewer endorphins working in their brains. Some of the genetic studies show that up to 69 percent of alcoholics are missing a third of the neurotransmitters in the dopamine center. Since dopamine has to do with the pleasure centers, if you are not feeling pleasure, then you have to do something to feel good, like drink or take drugs." Prozac and related medications are problematic. Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"He'd postulated that if i per cent of an area had people practising TM, or the square root of i per cent of the population were practising TM-Sidhi, a more advanced and active type of meditation, conflict of any variety - rates of shootings and other crime, drug abuse, even traffic accidents - would go down. The idea of the 'Maharishi' effect was that regularly practicing TM enables you to get in touch with a fundamental field that connects all things - a concept not unlike the Zero Point Field. If enough people were doing it, the coherence would prove infectious among the entire population." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"Some pharmaceutical companies had helped fuel the nation's epidemic of drug abuse by advertising even those products that were the most addictive, despite an international treaty that prohibited such promotion. The Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed by dozens of countries in 1971 to limit the abuse of addictive psychoactive drugs like barbiturates, amphetamines, and LSD. Some of the most frequent violators of the treaty have been companies selling prescription stimulants to American children with attention deficit disorders." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Factors that increase the risk of this disorder include smoking, obesity, excessive use of stimulants and caffeine, drug abuse, use of birth control pills, and a high sodium/low potassium intake. Mild hypertension may respond to weight or stress reduction, but more severe forms may require additional lifestyle changes and possibly treatment with prescription medications. For most people, treatment should include exercise. Regular activity has a number of proven, positive health effects, especially on heart health." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"The history will include evaluating for pregnancy, menstrual history, emotional stress, weight gain or loss, alcohol use or abuse, dietary habits, exercise habits, medications, narcotics, drug abuse, acute or chronic illnesses, accidents or injuries, infertility, metabolic disease, immune system abnormalities, tuberculosis, hot flashes, breast discharge, headaches, and family history. A physical and pelvic exam will confirm the most likely causes as suggested by the history." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The letter said nothing about the physiological research he was undertaking with TM practitioners, but instead focused on an issue of obvious interest to the medical community at the time: drug abuse. He had learned from his subjects, he told the readers of the NEJM, that, prior to beginning their practice of TM, many had indulged in recreational drug use: marijuana, LSD, and in several cases, heroin." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"The National Institute on drug abuse now defines addiction as a compulsion that persists in spite of negative health and social consequences. Plenty of people use and abuse drugs, but only relatively few become addicts. Why? While dopamine in the reward center creates the initial interest in a drug or behavior and provides the motivation to get it, what makes addiction such a stubborn problem is the structural changes it causes in the brain. Scientists now consider addiction a chronic disease because it wires in a memory that triggers reflexive behavior." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"This constitutes a potential health threat to many children and has also created a new source of drug abuse and illicit traffic. The data shows that there has been a 1,000 percent increase in drug abuse injury reports involving methylphenidate for children in the 10-14 age group. This now equals or exceeds reports for the same age group involving cocaine." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Repeated alcohol and drug abuse depletes the calcium and magnesium stores in the body. This is why alcoholics fall down and break their hips all the time. Calcium and magnesium do such a good job of handling anxiety and depression that they can often stop taking their psychiatric drugs." "How does a deficiency of Bl relate to anxiety or depression? " 227 DTs: delirium tremens, which is an acute episode of delirium caused by withdrawal or abstinence from alcohol following habitual excessive drinking 228 Detoxing: the process in which a body gets rid of toxins Dr." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "It doesn't take long for the person to develop a very nasty drug abuse habit from where they started out with a psychiatric drug." "What drives the patient to do additional drugs and go to self-prescribed medications? " Dr. Channing Bolick: "The idea is that if you don't feel as well as you should, there is a chemical solution to this problem. So if the psychiatrist can't find the right chemical for them, they start to create their own little pharmacy at home. The drug industry has never taken responsibility for any of this nor do they acknowledge what goes on." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "It has long since been known that alcohol and drug abuse costs the USA billions of dollars every year. Criminal behaviors, violence, job loss, financial destitution, all of these are the side effects of drugs. We have premature death, impaired productivity, motor vehicle crashes and repeatedly more crimes. Who pays this bill? We do! We have increasingly more "iatrogenic" diseases. My God, why don't we just say that doctors kill, and cause disease instead of saying "iatrogenic" disease? Nevertheless, sleeping pills are an attractive market." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "In a report by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, it was revealed that this type of drug abuse had nearly doubled from 7.8 million to 15.1 million from the years 1992 to 2003. Not only that, but teen abuse of prescription drugs had tripled. In 2003 there were 2.3 million kids between 12 to 17 years old who were abusing at least one prescription drug. This opens the gateway to illegal drug use." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"For drug abuse Cases). DOWNTOWN MEDICAL CENTER 212.587.3961 FAX: 212.587.3960, Apryl McNeil, M.D., Medical Director 139 Fulton Street, Suite 515, New York, NY 10038, www.healthmeddetox.com (Non-Drug abuse Chemical Exposure) www.getoffdrugsnow.com (For drug abuse Cases). RANDOLPH-SHAMBAUGH CLINIC 847.519.7772 FAX: 847.519.7787, Marsha L. Vetter, M.D., Ph.D., Director, 2500 W. Higgins Road, Suite 1170, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, IL 60195, www.randolphclinic.com. Bl.b DIAGNOSTIC CHEMICAL TESTING IN GLASS BOOTHS ALLERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER 716.833.2213 Kalpana Patel, M.D." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Tilden, MD "We are prone to thinking of drug abuse in terms of the male population and illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana. It may surprise you to learn that a greater problem exists with millions of women dependent on legal prescription drugs." —Robert Mendelsohn, MD "The necessity of teaching mankind not to take drugs and medicines is a duty incumbent upon all who know their uncertainty and injurious effects, and the time is not far distant when the drug system will be abandoned." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Wholly unlike Sam, Ron had a long if intermittent history of drug abuse and dependency before he saw the psychiatrist. His growing problems with alcohol abuse led to his making the appointment. The doctor's notes from the first visit indicate that Ron was painfully honest with him about his drug and alcohol problems: For past year, he has had alcohol problem—he gets paranoid when drinking, loses control of behavior, and may drink himself into stupor. Probably some trouble with drugs. Patient has been addicted to narcotics which caused trouble with Dental Board, DEA." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"At the same time they persist in their futile efforts at drug abuse prevention, they continue to push drugs on ever more children for an ever-increasing list of invented psychiatric disorders. When Gallagher said, "The thing that really troubles me in this is a certain glibness about the experimentation on young children in this country, used as guinea pigs," he articulated a concern that has only become more serious in the years since 1970. Representative Gallagher was not the only prophetic speaker at the hearings." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"Ma-huang (ephedrine) abuse and dependence. drug abuse Alcohol Newsletter; 25:1-4. 1996. Schwernfurth J, Pribitkin E. Sudden hearing loss associated with ephedra use. Am J Health Syst Pharm. Feb 15;60(4):375-377. 2003. Shin N-H, Lee KS, Kang S-H et al. Inhibitory effects of herbal extracts on dopa oxidase activity of tyrosinase. Nat Prod Sci; 3:111-121..1997. Shucard DW, Spector SL, Euwer RL et al. Central nervous system effects of antiasthma medication - an EEG study. Ann Allergy; 54:177-184. 1985. Sill V, Voelkel N, Lanser K et al. Bronchospasmolysis with atrovent." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

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