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

Georgia Treatment Centers

in Georgia

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in georgia. 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 Georgia is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in georgia. 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 georgia drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784