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  • Benzodiazepines such as Valium are actually more commonly abused than opiate pharmaceuticals, which are responsible for 32% of visits to the emergency department.
  • Around 5,000 Americans under the age of 21 die as a result of underage alcohol drinking each year which includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, and hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning.
  • Dilaudid can be administered intravenously and orally in liquid or tablet form.
  • As of 2004 the rates of methamphetamine use were highest in western states in the U.S., particularly in California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Montana.
  • Alcohol causes a break down in the bodys store of glycogen in the liver, turning it into glucose and sending it out of the body in the urine causing weakness, fatigue and lack coordination after a night of heavy alcohol consumption.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the 1st step in getting off drugs. It allows an individual to be in a supervised setting while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are various types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A prevalent mistake that quite a few addicts make is to feel that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is seldom the case. All detox does is get a person through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is usually recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to learn the root of why a person was using drugs in the first place.

Detoxification category listings in Ellington, Connecticut:

  • Community Substance Abuse Centers
    13.8 miles from Ellington, Connecticut
    Community Substance Abuse Centers is a Substance Abuse Program that is located at:

    55 Fishfry Street
    Hartford, CT. 6120
    860-247-8300

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Detoxification, Detox for Methadone, Outpatient Treatment, Co-Occurring Mental with Substance Abuse Issues, Caters to Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women Only, Men Only, Spanish Services, Other Language Programs
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance