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Major Cities in Louisiana with Drug Rehab and Treatment Centers:
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Drug Rehab Louisiana
is here to help people with drug and/or alcohol abuse problems in Louisiana. find treatment options. Due to our diverse networking system we can find a treatment option tailored to each individuals specific situation and needs. We are able to provide all phases of recovery included but not limited to, alcohol and/or drug intervention, drug and/or alcohol detox, in-patient treatment, out-patient treatment, short term treatment (30 days or less), long term treatment (90 days or longer).
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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Louisiana. At Drug Rehab Louisiana we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Louisiana, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Louisiana. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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We realize that each individual in Louisiana. is in a different financial situation and we will find treatment options for each individual regardless of their financial situation. No matter what your financial situation everyone will receive the treatment help they are looking for.
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Annual smokeout strives to help smokers kick butts in LouisianaLAFAYETTE, Louisiana — In Montrose, Colo., you can’t smoke in most of bars and in none of the restaurants. Many towns in the West have partial or total bans on smoking in public places. It’s a trend that may soon blow through Lafayette, Louisiana.
Thursday is the 27th Annual Great American Smokeout, and the American Cancer Society hopes everyone who smokes will give up cigarettes for 24 hours, at least. Along with this, the organization and others are also pushing to introduce legislation to make it harder to smoke in public places here. Joey Durel, city-parish president-elect, has said that he would support such legislation.
At its meeting tonight, the Lafayette, Louisiana Parish School Board will consider a smoking ban at all high school stadiums. The board currently allows teachers to smoke in certain older schools, said Kyle Bordelon, director of planning and facilities, but newer schools are designated smoke-free.
Smoking can lead to lung cancer, the No. 1 cancer killer. This year alone, an estimated 157,200 people will die form the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Smoking also is associated with cancers of the mouth, nasal cavities, throat, stomach, pancreas, liver, cervix, kidney, bladder and myeloid leukemia. According to the state Department of Public Health, approximately 100,000 young people in Louisiana will die prematurely due to smoking, even though the percentage of smokers in the state has dropped from 29.1 percent in 1990 to 23.8 percent in 2003.
Giving up smoking is one of the harder addictions to kick.
The 27th annual Great American Smokeout on Thursday is the one day of the year the society highlights the problem.
Nicotine in cigarettes causes the addiction, which the cancer society equates to heroin or cocaine. Over time, the body becomes both physically and psychologically dependent.
As he took a smoke break from an renovation job on Jefferson Street, 50-year-old Dan Olsen, who’s smoked for 35 years, thought about the possibility of quitting Thursday.
“I did quit once, for a while, and I will try it again,” he said. “But to put them down and leave them down is the problem.”
But it’s not impossible, said Martha Grant, health initiative representative for the cancer society.
Another incentive for quitting this Thursday is the free food available from Subway Sandwich shops in Lafayette, Louisiana. People can go the Subway at West Congress and Ambassador between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, sign a pledge and get a coupon for a free “cold turkey” sandwich to be redeemed any day at any Subway in Lafayette, Louisiana. But they also have to give up at least a half-pack of cigarettes.
About 25 percent of residents of Lafayette, Louisiana smoke, Grant said. To try to improve everyone’s health, she and other stop-smoking groups are working to persuade the city-parish council to pass an ordinance to prohibit public smoking, with some exceptions: restaurants that serve alcohol, bars, hotel and motel rooms, gaming facilities and tobacco shops.
Terri Broussard of the Southwest Area Health Education Center also is working on the problem, particularly second-hand smoke.
“Second-hand smoke is the third-leading cause of preventable death,” Broussard said, “and smoking or use of tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death.”
But before the stop-smoking groups put serious pressure on city-parish government, they’re trying to first to raise public awareness. Both Grant’s and Broussard’s organizations have been meeting with civic groups and businesses to talk about the advantages of having a nonsmoking business.
Contrary to what some business owners believe, a nonsmoking atmosphere has its financial benefits, Broussard said.
“Fire insurance rates are more likely to go down and productivity increases because there’s less time off because of allergies and no smoke breaks,” she said. And in restaurants, the table turnover rate is higher because people don’t lag at the table while smoking.
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