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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Many heroin addicts that are admitted to drug treatment centers have been scared straight by a recent overdose from the drug.
  • Emergency rooms visit rates in 2009 made by individuals seeking detox or substance abuse treatment peaked at 188.8 visits per 100,000 population for people between the ages of 21 and 24.
  • A heroin overdose as a result of snorting, smoking, or injecting the drug, can cause slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and even death.
  • Adderall can be habit-forming not just for someone who is abusing the drug recreationally, but even those with a prescription for the drug.
  • If someone who is dependent to Vicodin stops taking the drug abruptly, either because they decided to quit or through no control of their own, they begin to experience Vicodin withdrawal.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is normally the very first step in getting off drugs. It permits a person to be in a supervised setting while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are diverse types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A frequent mistake that quite a few addicts make is to assume that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is rarely the case. All detox does is get someone through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is often recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to find out the root of why somebody was using drugs in the first place.

Detoxification category listings in Mashantucket, Connecticut:

  • Stonington Institute
    1.2 miles from Mashantucket, Connecticut
    Stonington Institute is a Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center that is located at:

    75 Swantown Hill Road
    North Stonington, CT. 6359
    860-445-3008

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Detoxification, Residential Short-Term Treatment that is 30 days or less, Co-Occurring Mental with Substance Abuse Issues, Specialized in Hiv/Aids Patients, Specialized in Alternative Lifestyle, Seniors/Older Adult Services, Women Only, Men Only, Criminal Justice Client Programs, Specialized in Hearing Impaired Clients
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)