Once someone is addicted to crystal meth, kicking the addiction is said to be almost impossible without intervention.
Individuals with moderate-to-severe symptoms of alcohol withdrawal will likely need inpatient treatment at a drug treatment facility where they can be watched closely for hallucinations and other signs of delirium tremens.
Mexico supplies most of the heroin found in the western portion of the United States, and Colombia supplies the majority of the heroin east of the Mississippi.
The number of suicide-related prescription opioid/sedative overdoses between 1999 and 2006 in the U.S. rose by 130 percent.