Facts
- The use of amphetamines is currently one of the biggest drug threats in the nation, especially the supercharged version called crystal meth.
- Methamphetamine use typically increases sexual arousal and lowers sexual inhibitions, and users often put themselves at increased risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV infection.
- Initiation into experimental marijuana use during adolescence is often brought on by poor relations with parents, depression symptoms, and exposure to drug-using peers and accessibility of drugs.
- The hydrocodone component in Lortab alone can cause an overdose, and is known to cause respiratory depression and other severe adverse reactions including heart failure, heart attack, pulmonary failure, liver or kidney failure, jaundice, amnesia, seizures, blackouts, and coma.
Women - Washington, IndianaDrug and alcohol rehab centers for women are an excellent way for female addicts to deal with their addiction issues in an all-female atmosphere. There are several benefits to attending a drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility for women such as the fact that such programs cater to issues specific to their female clients. While receiving treatment 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. Resolving these sensitive issues while in treatment will give the recovering woman the capacity to face her problems in an environment that is supportive and free from judgment.