Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

California/CA/el-monte/california Treatment Centers

in California/CA/el-monte/california

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in california/CA/el-monte/california. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in California/CA/el-monte/california is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in california/CA/el-monte/california. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on california/CA/el-monte/california drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784