Facts
- The first body of research regarding LSD sought to find the therapeutic potential of the "psychedelic" experience in relation to the treatment of chronic alcoholism and mental illness.
- Withdrawal symptoms associated with methadone can include but are not limited to body aches and muscle cramping, back aches, leg kicking, anxiety, chills, shivering or trembling, abdominal cramping, weakness, increased blood pressure, convulsions, insomnia, diarrhea, running nose, watery eyes, sneezing, sweating, pale and clammy skin, nausea and thoughts of suicide.
- The rate of high school students in the U.S. reporting PCP use at least once fell from 13% in 1979 to less than 3% in 1990.
- Opiate addicted individuals need higher and higher amounts of opiates in order to prevent withdrawal symptoms and to maintain their feelings of euphoria.
Spanish - Highmore, South DakotaGetting in a Spanish speaking drug treatment program is no different than their English speaking counterparts. In fact, a vast majority of Spanish speaking drug rehabilitation programs also speak English some of the time too. The staff members are typically bilingual and able to communicate effortlessly in either language. A drug rehab that offers Spanish as a language option will provide their clients with all counseling (and other kinds of communication), questionnaires, paperwork and educational data in both languages as expected. These specialized drug rehab centers work with individuals from all socio-economic backgrounds who are committed to addressing their drug addiction problem. The staff at these treatment centers is usually well versed on domestic violence, aftercare counseling and job development to support their specialized client group.