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In looking at drugs of abuse, substance use is prevalent in today’s society and, in some cases, it has increased for some drugs. Marijuana abuse continues to be the drug abused the most, with 6.2 percent of all people over twelve years of age using it in the past month... Read more

Child abuse statistics show that 65% of children growing up in the United States and Puerto Rico have been victims of child abuse. Statistics show that a majority of them have either been sexually or emotionally abused... Read more

Men and women enter a drug abuse treatment center either because it has been required by law or because they have reached a very low point in their lives and have come to realize that drug abuse treatment is the only way they can achieve a normal life again... Read more

Although little mentioned, emotional abuse is one of the more common types of abuse in adults and children.  It can also be one of the more traumatic and long-lasting types of abuse.  This is a type of abuse that can affect men, women and children of all ages... Read more

Statistics say that some form of sexual abuse will happen to about one in four young girls.  Boys, too, are affected by sexual abuse.  The abusers can be trusted teachers or pastors, parents, grandparents, siblings or even other youth... Read more

Substance abuse treatment has changed remarkably over the last several years.  It used to be that people detoxified and were led through a series of talk therapies designed to help the abuser learn ways of coping without using illicit drugs or alcohol... Read more