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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Almost 80% of the Ecstasy related emergency department visits in 2008 involved Ecstasy in combination with alcohol or other drugs, with over 30% involving Ecstasy with one other drug, 15.0 percent involving two other drugs, 14.0 percent involving three other drugs, and 17.5 percent involving four or more other drugs.
  • In high enough doses, Codeine not only relieves pain but also produces a sense of please and reward, along with an euphoric calm, much like the effects of heroin.
  • Total social and health costs for people addicted to illegal drugs is at $66.9 billion a year.

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 services are on the lower end of the spectrum of rehabilitation services with regards to level of care, for the reason that individual will be able to preserve their lifestyle in several ways without the commitment of needing to be in a rehab center while receiving rehabilitation services. While this might appear perfect it will not provide the required change of surroundings than many individuals in recovery need to have a productive rehabilitation.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse problems are what are recognized in the field of drug treatment as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must address both disorders during rehab in order to find resolution due to the fact one often exacerbates the other. Fortunately, there are several drug and alcohol rehab facilities who are able to specifically hone in on the challenges that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders face to be able to not only become sober but mentally secure and also able to lead a much higher quality lifestyle and never consider it wise to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug abuse due to challenges their impairment impose on them. While discovery of the problem is often hard among the hearing impaired, you'll find ASL and also other assistance services intended for them when drug abuse treatment is needed. Besides ASL, such services might include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials so that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are obtaining the support they need in drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when someone's insurance isn't going to pay for the total cost of rehab or will only cover part of it. In these cases, it may appear like a drawback but individuals in fact have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can decide on whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurance providers that so many individuals encounter. In addition, rehab programs will frequently provide payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to enable them to get into rehabilitation.

Medicaid

Some rehab centers will take Medicaid in the event the individual is not able to self pay or present any other type of private health insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehab within a limited amount of centers, and in this instance individuals may choose to investigate the self pay alternative and come up with up any resources they can to fund a more quality treatment program which will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug treatment center.

  • Lantern Therapeutic Services
    Lantern Therapeutic Services is located at:

    8200 Professional Place
    Hyattsville, MD. 20785

    If you would like to contact Lantern Therapeutic Services, you can reach them at 301-306-2428.

    Lantern Therapeutic Services offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid