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

Mississippi/ms/ridgeland/mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi/ms/ridgeland/mississippi

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in mississippi/ms/ridgeland/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/ms/ridgeland/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/ms/ridgeland/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/ms/ridgeland/mississippi drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784