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Methadone maintenance in Massachusetts

There are a total of 59 drug treatment centers listed under the category Methadone maintenance in massachusetts. If you have a facility that is part of the Methadone maintenance 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

  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • 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.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.

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