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  • About 2 percent of American high school seniors have used heroin at least once in their lifetime, and nearly half of those injected the drug.
  • Americans aged 12 to 20 years of age drink 11% of all alcohol which is consumed annually in the United States.
  • Drug withdrawal is the onset of a group of symptoms that occurs upon abrupt discontinuation/separation or a decrease in dosage of the intake of medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol.
  • In 1943 a chemist in Switzerland first discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD.
  • After an addicted individuals stops using the drug, several methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms can occur including depression, anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression and an intense craving for the drug.
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Medicare Coverage

Drug addiction and alcoholism affects many older Americans and seniors, and this problem is projected to only worsen in the coming years. Seniors who are covered through the Medicare program, an insurance program funded through the federal government for Americans in this age bracket, can use their Medicare benefits to receive treatment services for substance abuse at a wide variety of substance abuse treatment facilities around the country. Medicare covers both inpatient and outpatient rehab facilities, and seniors who are in need of treatment can consult with their primary care physician to choose a rehab program covered by Medicare which would fit his or her particular needs.

Medicare Coverage category listings in Nome, Alaska:

  • Norton Sound Health Corporation
    Norton Sound Health Corporation is a Drug Rehabilitation Program that is located at:

    306 West 5th Avenue
    Nome, AK. 99762
    907-443-3344

    Treatment Services: Outpatient Treatment, Specialized in Hearing Impaired Clients
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Income Based Payment (Sliding Scale)
  • Council of Athabascan Tribal Gov
    Council of Athabascan Tribal Gov is an Addiction Treatment Program that is located at:

    309 Spruce Street
    Fort Yukon, AK. 99740
    907-662-2587

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Outpatient Treatment, Native American Or Alaska Native Language Services
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Income Based Payment (Sliding Scale)
  • Petersburg Mental Health Services
    Petersburg Mental Health Services is a Drug Abuse Rehab Center that is located at:

    201 North Nordic Drive
    Petersburg, AK. 99833
    907-772-3332

    Treatment Services: Outpatient Treatment
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Income Based Payment (Sliding Scale)
  • Central Peninsula Behavioral Health
    Central Peninsula Behavioral Health is a Drug Recovery Program that is located at:

    245 North Binkley Street
    Soldotna, AK. 99669
    907-714-4521

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Outpatient Treatment, Adolescents (18 and under), Caters to Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women Only, Men Only
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)
  • Ketchikan Indian Community
    Ketchikan Indian Community is a Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center that is located at:

    2960 Tongass Avenue
    Ketchikan, AK. 99901
    907-228-9203

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Outpatient Treatment, Adolescents (18 and under), Women Only, Men Only
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)
  • Central Peninsula General Hospital
    Central Peninsula General Hospital is a Drug Addiction Treatment Program that is located at:

    47480 Kristina Way
    Kenai, AK. 99611
    907-714-4521

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Detoxification, Outpatient Treatment, 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, Caters to Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women Only, Men Only, Criminal Justice Client Programs
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)
  • Arc of Anchorage
    Arc of Anchorage is an Addiction Treatment Program that is located at:

    2211 Arca Drive
    Anchorage, AK. 99508
    907-277-6677

    Treatment Services: Outpatient Treatment
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Income Based Payment (Sliding Scale)