Author Archive: Jeff Pope

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By October 5, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Underage Usage Dangers

Ninety percent of Americans who meet the medical criteria for addiction started smoking, drinking, or using other drugs before age 18. People who use addictive substances before age 18 are six times more likely to develop a substance use disorder than those who didn’t start using until they were 21 or older. One in four Americans who […]

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Prescription Drug Intervention
By September 2, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Prescription Drug Intervention

Prescription Drug Intervention: Prescription Drug Intervention is the fastest going area of Intervention! Most people are initially prescribed the prescription because they had an injury, or went to the dentist and it was given to help relieve pain. As time goes on they continue to use it because they have become psychologically and physically addicted […]

Posted in: Intervention
Executive Intervention
By September 2, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Executive Intervention

Executive intervention is very common for professionals ranging from doctors, lawyers stockbroker / financial advisors, to CEO’s and other high ranking professionals in business and finance.  Although all addicts and alcoholics are created equal, it is far more difficult and it requires far greater skill and professionalism to obtain willingness from a person with almost no leverage than from […]

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By August 27, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Family History of Addiction

The Role of Family History Did you know that children of addicts are 8 times more likely to develop an addiction? We all have the genetic predisposition for addiction because there is an evolutionary advantage to that. When an animal eats a certain food that it likes, there is an advantage to associating pleasure with […]

Posted in: Family

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