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

California/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/california Treatment Centers

in California/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/california

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in california/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/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/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/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/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/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/category/older-adult-and-senior-drug-rehab/california drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784