Facts
- The abuse of prescription drugs such as OxyContin is responsible for a great deal of health care fraud, such as corrupt physicians writing prescriptions for OxyContin for nonexistent injuries. The patient in this circumstance will often use a portion of the prescribed pills and then sell the rest for a substantial profit.
- Ketamine is available as a liquid, one of the most potent ways of administration and users inject it intramuscularly or intravenously.
- The effects of fentanyl last only a very short time, so regular users can become addicted very quickly.
- Lower rates of chronic use of marijuana among females may be a result of the social taboo against substance abuse among women.
Hospital Inpatient - Hamilton, WashingtonA person who is heavily addicted to drugs or alcohol will benefit greatly by receiving treatment from a hospital inpatient rehab program. These types of programs are focused towards making the individual�''s withdrawal and detox as smooth as possible. Recovering persons will have access to medication as well as medical staff around the clock. While not every person attempting recovery needs this level of care, it is useful to those who have serious physical addiction problems to drugs or alcohol. Hospital inpatient programs often last several days to even up to a month. Once the inpatient portion of their treatment plan is complete they may choose to participate at a sober living program or transfer into an outpatient program.