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

Illinois/IL/pontiac/illinois Treatment Centers

in Illinois/IL/pontiac/illinois

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

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in illinois/IL/pontiac/illinois. 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 illinois/IL/pontiac/illinois drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 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
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • 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.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784