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

Mississippi/category/womens-drug-rehab/mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi/category/womens-drug-rehab/mississippi

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

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in mississippi/category/womens-drug-rehab/mississippi. 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 mississippi/category/womens-drug-rehab/mississippi drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in 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.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784