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Drug Addiction Facts

  • The Food and Drug Administration now requires the manufactures of prescription stimulants to warn users of the cardiovascular problems that could be associated with the use of these types of medications.
  • Animal studies indicate that animals will work more persistently at pressing a bar for cocaine than for any other drug, including opiates. In one example, one monkey test subject pressed the bar 12,800 times until it got a single dose of cocaine. If the animal survives in such studies, it will return to the task of obtaining more cocaine.
  • About 1 in 10 teens uses cough syrup or cold medicine to get high, including cough syrups containing codeine.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient services are on the lower end of the spectrum of rehabilitation solutions in terms of intensity of care, since the individual can maintain their lifestyle in lots of ways without the commitment of needing to be in a treatment facility while undergoing rehabilitation services. Even if this may appear perfect it may not provide the required change of environment than a lot of people in rehabilitation require to experience a productive rehabilitation.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders are what are identified in the field of alcohol and drug treatment as dual diagnosis clients. These clients must tackle both disorders whilst in treatment in order to find resolution simply because one often triggers the other. Fortunately, there are many drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs who can specifically hone in on the issues that persons with co-occurring mental and drug abuse disorders face so that they can not merely become abstinent but mentally secure and also able to lead a much higher quality lifestyle and not consider it wise to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Gays and Lesbians

It is crucial that gays and lesbians obtain excellent treatment services within a rehab setting which is discreet and with treatment specialists at their disposal who comprehend the distinctive challenges they have to deal with in life. Because drug abuse for gays and lesbians is oftentimes triggered because of the challenges they face due to their sexual preference, a facility which can help them handle these issues and give them the confidence that they've lacked prior to arriving in treatment can be quite a crucial part of rehab for gay and lesbian clients.

Seniors/Older Adults

Seniors and older adults who have a problem with drug use could possibly have distinctive challenges they have to conquer when in rehabilitation, which rehab specialists within the rehab they elect to be a part of have to be keen of in order that a full recovery is achievable. So for seniors and older adults, it is wise to decide on a rehab which is familiar with helping seniors and older adults tackle the unique life and drug use issues that these clients face that might include a wider spectrum of services including health care and the like.

Criminal Justice Clients

Criminal justice clients find their way into rehab as part of a court order in order to meet a part of their sentencing for a drug offense. Criminal justice clients in drug treatment often receive reduced penalties, fines etc. when being cooperative with alcohol and drug rehab specifications enforced on them in sentencing especially of course when successfully graduating a drug and alcohol rehab center.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired can often be prone to alcoholism and substance abuse due to the challenges that their impairment impose on them. While detection of the problem can sometimes be hard among the hearing impaired, you'll find ASL and other assistance services readily available for them when drug abuse rehab is required. Besides ASL, such services can include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials so that deaf and hearing impaired people are obtaining the help they require in alcohol and drug rehabilitation.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when someone's insurance won't cover the entire cost of rehab or will only pay for some of it. In these cases, it may appear like a drawback but individuals actually have a great deal of leverage simply because they can select whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurance providers that so many men and women face. Likewise, rehabilitation programs will often provide payment assistance for individuals whose only choice is self payment to help them get into treatment.

Medicaid

Some rehabilitation centers accept Medicaid when the individual is unable to self pay or present any other type of private health insurance. Medicaid may only cover outpatient and short-term rehabilitation in a limited amount of facilities, and in this instance individuals may wish to investigate the self pay alternative and come up with up any resources they can to fund a more quality treatment facility that will produce better results, say for example a long-term residential drug rehabilitation facility.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid can be used to cover the expense of drug treatment if other kinds of insurance or self payment aren't a possibility. If a person does not have any private insurance and doesn't yet know if they may qualify for state insurance, they can seek advice from their Social Services office in their area to ascertain if they are and then apply. Most state financed insurance will cover both outpatient and inpatient rehab, but generally only within the state which offers the insurance plan.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which plan you are covered by, all private medical health insurance plans generally cover some sort of drug and alcohol treatment service including outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities. Individuals could possibly have to participate in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility which is inside their network of providers and there can be other limitations for example the amount of time their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can pick a quality center they prefer and speak with a rehab counselor to determine if their insurance will cover it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option provided by many different alcohol and drug treatment programs to help help clients pay for rehab where this might not have been doable initially. As an example, one client's price for rehab could possibly be different and lower than somebody else whose finances are better which makes them more prepared to pay the full price of treatment. Registrars take into consideration additional factors apart from income including number of dependents to ascertain the ultimate cost and using the sliding scale.

  • HopeSparks
    HopeSparks is located at:

    1420 South Meridian
    Puyallup, WA. 98371

    If you would like to contact HopeSparks, you can reach them at 253-845-0864.

    HopeSparks offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Criminal Justice Clients, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors)