About 1 Percent of Anesthesiology Residents Have Substance Use Disorder: Study

By Join Together Staff | December 5, 2013 | Leave a comment | Filed inPrescription Drugs

Slightly less than 1 percent of anesthesiology residents in the United States have a substance use disorder, according to a new study. The incidence of substance use has been increasing, and relapse rates are not improving, the researchers said.

The study followed 45,000 anesthesiology residents who began their training between 1975 and 2009, HealthDay reports. They found the overall rate of substance abuse was 0.86 percent. Rates were higher at the beginning of the study, and decreased between 1996 and 2002. They began rising again in 2003.

Twenty-eight anesthesiology residents died due to substance abuse during the study period. Among others who abused substances, 43 percent had at least one relapse over the following 30 years, and 11 percent died from a substance use disorder. The most commonly abused substances were intravenous opioids, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and anesthetics/hypnotics.

The findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

December 5 v 21 POWER IN THE PROVERB 

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,

And He ponders all his paths.

STEP : 3 I will make a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God.

God created you and designed you for a purpose .Step 3 is realizing life is too hard without God .The Proverb already tells us that the Lord has a plan for your life ,stop messing stuff up and get on board with Gods plan.

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Molly ER Visits Rose 128 Percent in Six Years Among Those Under 21

By Join Together Staff | December 4, 2013 | 2 Comments | Filed in Drugs,Young Adults & Youth


Emergency room visits related to Molly, or Ecstasy, rose 128 percent among people younger than 21 between 2005 and 2011, according to a new government report.

The number of visits by young people to U.S. emergency rooms for complications from Molly increased from 4,460 to 10,176, CBS Newsreports. “I think people are looking for the ultimate and safe high they can achieve,” said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. “There’s a mistaken belief that this is a safe drug with little toxicity.”

The drug, also known as MDMA, is usually taken in pill or powder form. It is sometimes mixed with substances such as cocaine, heroin or ketamine, the article notes. Glatter warned the drug can be even more dangerous if it is mixed with alcohol. “There’s a greater potential effect of toxicity,” he added. “Patients want to combine the two substances and have a greater effect that in and of itself is much more dangerous considerably.”

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which released the report, Molly can produce a variety of undesirable health effects such as anxiety and confusion, which can last one week or longer after using the drug. Other serious health risks associated include becoming dangerously overheated, high blood pressure, and kidney and heart failure.

“This should be a wake-up call to everyone, but the problem is much bigger than what the data show,” said Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree.org. “These are only the cases that roll into the emergency rooms. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.”

Scientist Developing Test to Detect Contaminants in Marijuana

By Join Together Staff | December 3, 2013 | Leave a comment | Filed in Drugs

A scientist at the University of New Haven is developing a new test to detect contaminants such as mold and mildew in marijuana, CBS News reports.

Marijuana can also contain insect parts, salmonella and E. coli, according to Heather Miller Coyle, a forensic botanist and associate professor at the university. She is using DNA profiling and analysis to detect these contaminants in marijuana. She hopes to be able to make analysis easier and faster for labs, as the demand for marijuana quality control testing grows.

Currently, labs around the country are testing marijuana for contaminants using a variety of methods. Marijuana can develop mold if it is not dried adequately or stored properly after being harvested. It can become contaminated with E. coli and other substances by being near farm animals, the article notes.

A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Toxicology found pesticide residues on marijuana are transferred to inhaled marijuana smoke. This “may pose a significant toxicological threat in the absence of adequate regulatory frameworks,” the authors conclude.

December 4 v 23 v 24 POWER IN THE PROVERB

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth,

And put perverse lips far from you.

STEP 10 : Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Many people will disagree with me when I tell them addiction is a heart problem.The proverb makes it clear keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life. You can't get any clearer than that.This rings so true for me because when I was in my addiction my heart was broken I thought beyond repair.I had so much pain from anger , shame , guilt , rejection , fear , and the list can go on and on. Beginning the steps is so important and vital because it forces us to look at our broken hearts and address what is breaking them. Societies treatment realm pushes that addiction is a head problem and makes addiction worse by getting our focus on our thinking telling us it is a disease which in effect made it worse for me not only is my heart broken but now I am sick with a horrible disease. I have discovered in my Thirteen years of sobriety that the Christian Recovery approach has the most success because it gets t the heart of the matter and that is your heart. Step ten once reached will keep our hearts safe from fear ,shame, guilt ,rejection , anger and on and on. Fix the heart and the head will follow.

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REALITIES IN RECOVERY

NAADAC & New Jersey Development Committee are proud to introduce:
Dr. Carlo DiClemente & Cynthia Moreno Tuohy

Morris Plains, NJ on December 6th, 2013!

Dr. Carlo DiClemente is conducing his training titled “Client Collaboration and Integrated Care” which discusses the reality of complicating problems, provide a client centered, process of change perspective, and offer ideas about how to create collaborative, ntegrated care.

Cynthia Moreno Tuohy is conducting her training titled “Conflict Resolution in Recovery” which is skilled-based and focused on the brain; how the brain works in conflict and strategies to affect the quality of recovery in relationships.

Join us this Friday for this great educational event and earn 6 CEs!

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When:
December 6th
9 am—4 pm
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Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
59 Koch Ave
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