Facts
- Some drug rehabs provide targeted risk-reduction counseling for those who are at risk of contracting infectious diseases due to their drug use, which can help individuals modify or change behaviors that place them at risk of contracting or spreading these infectious diseases.
- There is no physical withdrawal from Crack or Cocaine as there is with other drugs such as heroin. The withdrawal symptoms are more of a psychological nature rather than physical including an intense hunger, irritability, fatigue, long but disturbed sleep
- Many young Americans think that Ecstasy is a safe drug to use, although many scientific studies of the drug of have confirmed a much different picture and Ecstasy in fact dangerous and use carries risk of dependence and addiction.
- Poison control center calls involving Bath Salts have increased dramatically over the past several years.
Women - Monticello, KY.Drug rehabilitation facilities for women provide a very good way for female substance abusers to deal with their addiction problems in an all-female atmosphere. There are many benefits to attending a drug rehabilitation center for women such as the fact that such programs cater to issues specific to their female clients. While recovering from addiction in an all women treatment program the client will also work on personal issues such as problems with their husbands, boyfriends and/or men in general. Most women drug addicts struggle with physical or sexual abuse from their past. Dealing with these sensitive issues while in rehab will give the recovering woman the capacity to face her problems in a setting that is free of judgment and negativity.