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  • Since the 1960s amphetamine use has been popular among many youth subcultures in Britain and other parts of the world as a recreational drug.
  • The number of emergency room visits involving nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals has increased 98.4 percent between 2004 and 2009, from 627,291 visits to 1,244,679.
  • Major heroin withdrawal symptoms peek about 48 and 72 hours after the last heroin dose and subside after about a week.
  • Methamphetamine is similar in structure to the brain chemical dopamine, the brain's pleasure transmitter, which is what causes neurons to release large amounts of dopamine which produce a high.

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Persons with HIV/AIDS - Lexington, Massachusetts

Drug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest individuals. When individuals in Lexington with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a lowered immune system, anything as simple as the common 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 rehab program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is required. The addicted individual will be ready to regain their sobriety and strengthen their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to produce many medications that not only help persons with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.

  • North Charles Mental Health
    5.9 miles from Lexington, Massachusetts
    North Charles Mental Health is located at:

    54 Washburn Avenue
    Cambridge, MA. 2140

    If you would like to contact North Charles Mental Health, you can reach them at 617-864-0941.

    North Charles Mental Health offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Criminal Justice Clients
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)