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Dual diagnosis drug rehab in Massachusetts

There are a total of 319 drug treatment centers listed under the category Dual diagnosis drug rehab in massachusetts. If you have a facility that is part of the Dual diagnosis drug rehab category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Massachusetts is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

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Drug Facts

  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • 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.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.

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