DRUG REHAB

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The smokeless tobacco conflict just erupted through the addition of yet another challenger. The prescription drug giant GSK (Glaxo Smith-Kline) has loaded their big guns and is aiming precisely for the new dissolvable nicotine products made by RJR (R.J. Reynolds). GSK has demanded the Food and Drug Administration ask R.J. Reynolds to remove their dissolvable nicotine products completely from the market. Despite the fact that still under examination from the FDA, RJR has launched their orally dispersed tobacco products into test segments around the country.

The active ingredient of marijuana is THC, which stands for Tetra-Hydro-Cannabinol. THC enters the bloodstream through the lungs if marijuana is smoked and then a small proportion (about 1%) then enters the brain. There are specific receptors in the brain for the THC, and the psychoactive effects are achieved within 10 to 30 minutes after smoking.

Along with ending up in the brain, THC circulates around the body. The brain’s THC levels fall within a few hours below that needed to be psychoactive. Fat cells take up THC, which is lipid soluble, and it sits there for a while, and then gets slowly released. Most of the THC gets excreted in urine, sweat, and feces.

Allen and Melody were joined by Dustin Tibbitts who discussed the unique “InnerChange” treatment programs that allowed teen girls and young adult women and their families to stabilize, heal, and begin to discover their life’s passion.

Committed to restoring hope in the lives of those they serve, InnerChange provides education, treatment, and recovery programs for teens and young women who have experienced emotional or behavioral difficulties. The clinically sophisticated residential treatment and transitional living programs are designed to facilitate whole-family healing.