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  • Studies indicate that Ecstasy affects serotonin, a system which plays a direct role in controlling our mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain.
  • Typical street names for OxyContin are OCs, ox, and oxy, 40 (a 40-milligram tablet), 80 (an 80-milligram tablet), Blue, Hillbilly heroin and Kicker.
  • Large amounts of opiates, like heroin, can cause the respiration to shut down completely.
  • Methamphetamine is used recreationally and illicitly among college students, truck drivers and athletes in the U.S. for the increased energy and alertness that the drug produces.

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Leon - Persons with HIV/AIDS

Drug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest individuals. When people in Leon with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Because they suffer with a lowered immune system, a thing as simple as the typical cold can become a hazardous sickness. They expose themselves to other deadly infections too: Hepatitis C, pneumonia and tuberculosis just to list a few. Entering a drug rehabilitation program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is essential. The addicted individual will be in a position to regain their sobriety and enhance their quality of life immensely. Science today has been able to develop many medications that not only help individuals with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.

  • Empowering Families
    8 miles from Leon, Virginia
    Empowering Families is located at:

    206 SE Street
    Culpeper, VA. 22701

    If you would like to contact Empowering Families, you can reach them at 540-829-6685.

    Empowering Families offers the following treatment services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Adolescents, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women, Men, Criminal Justice Clients
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)