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Substance abusers made up the largest group of the homeless in Sacramento County.

Research shows mentally ill smoke more.

Recovery Assistants Foundation is a charitable organization that offers HOPE for recovery for those struggling with mental health conditions such as ADD, ADHD, depression, addictions, bi-polar, anxiety disorders and the results of childhood abuse. The Foundation provides support services and programs designed to treat the whole person, by addressing their needs in the areas of mental, physical, nutritional and spiritual wellness - a holistic approach to healing.

Young people with ADHD are not only at increased risk of starting to smoke cigarettes, they also tend to become more seriously addicted to nicotine and more vulnerable to environmental factors such as having friends or parents who smoke.

Chronic, heavy marijuana use during adolescence, which is a critical period of ongoing brain development, is associated with poorer performance on thinking tasks, including slower psychomotor speed and poorer complex attention, verbal memory and planning ability.

Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive and neurotoxic drugs of abuse and it produces large increases in dopamine, a brain chemical associated with feelings of pleasure and reward — both by increasing dopamine’s release from nerve cells and by blocking its reuptake.

Seminar: Drug Free Solutions to Mental Health Disorders - Nutrition, Mindfulness & Detoxification. The seminar outline includes substance abuse and dependence, ADHD, anxiety disorders, and a roadmap to brain healing.

Many people are unfamiliar with the term “Naturopathy.” The definition is presented here as recorded by Congress in 1931 in The Federal Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Section 079.101-014, "Naturopathic Physician." This definition is based on a law passed by Congress in 1929 and signed into law by President Coolidge and is still in effect today. This law recognizes Naturopathy as an independent and non-medical healing art.

It is possible to overcome drug addictions but you will probably have to look outside the box of “conventional” addiction treatment programs to find the answer. Standard treatment programs often don’t take into account the "physiological basis" of drug abuse, an oversight some see as the main reason for their low success rates. Although it isn’t logical to enter a program where the success rate is low, people have been doing so for years. Part of the reason may be that most people don’t realize that alternatives exist - viable alternatives with excellent success rates using the holistic medicine approach.

Peer pressure, including the media, is one of the main reasons many people smoke. There are solutions to stop smoking.