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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Major heroin withdrawal symptoms typically peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose has been administered, and wane after about a week.
  • More than half a million visits to hospital emergency rooms a year are drug-related.
  • Long-term studies of high school students and their patterns of drug use suggest that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the bottom end of the spectrum of treatment services in terms of intensity of care, for the reason that individual will be able to preserve their lifestyle in several ways with no commitment of having to be in a rehab facility while receiving treatment services. Even if this might seem ideal it may not provide the much needed change of environment than lots of people in recovery need to experience a successful rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Individuals with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders are what are recognized in the field of alcohol and drug rehabilitation as dual diagnosis clients. These clients must deal with both disorders while in treatment in order to find resolution because one typically exacerbates the other. Fortunately, there are many drug and alcohol treatment programs who are able to specifically address the problems that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders face so that they can not merely become abstinent but mentally stable and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and not feel the need to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Gays and Lesbians

It is vital that gays and lesbians obtain quality rehab services in a treatment environment which is discreet and with rehabilitation professionals available to them who comprehend the unique challenges that they have to deal with in life. Because substance abuse for gays and lesbians might be triggered by the challenges they face because of their sexual preference, a program which will help them resolve these problems and give them the confidence that they've lacked prior to arriving in rehabilitation can be a crucial aspect of treatment for gay and lesbian clients.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired can often be predisposed to alcoholism and drug and alcohol use as a result of challenges their impairment impose on them. While detection of this issue can be hard among the hearing impaired, there are ASL and other assistance services designed for them when drug abuse rehab is necessary. Apart from ASL, such services may include assistive listening tools and captioned video resources to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are receiving the support they need in alcohol and drug treatment.

Spanish

Not all drug rehab centers have the staff or resources to focus on the needs of Spanish speaking clientele, but fortunately there are more and more programs that are able to do so because the necessity for Spanish services is higher than any other time. Counselling, study data and so on are actually frequently available in Spanish in both short and long terms programs which deliver inpatient or residential rehabilitation and outpatient Spanish rehab is also available nationwide.

Medicaid

Certain rehabilitation centers will take Medicaid when the individual is not able to self pay or present some other type of private medical health insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation within a limited amount of facilities, and in such cases individuals may want to investigate the self pay alternative and come up with up any resources they're able to to cover a more quality rehab center which will get better results, like a long-term residential drug and alcohol rehab center.

  • FFAST Program
    FFAST Program is located at:

    8775 Aero Drive
    San Diego, CA. 92123

    If you would like to contact FFAST Program, you can reach them at 858-633-4115.

    FFAST Program offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Gays And Lesbians, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish
    Payment forms accepted: Medicaid