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

New-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york Treatment Centers

in New-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in new-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york. 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 New-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in new-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york. 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 new-york/NY/brooklyn/maine/new-york drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • 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.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784