Information on GHB Lehighton PA

First used as an anesthetic in the 1960s, GHB later was used as a bodybuilding supplement because of its alleged anabolic effects. In the last 10 years, it’s become a recreational drug, available as a powder for snorting or smoking and as a liquid for drinking or adding to another drink. The highly concentrated liquid is usually sold in small plastic bottles for about $10. A bottle contains 9 or 10 “hits” of a capful each.

Carbon/Monroe/Pike Drug and Alcohol
(610) 377-5177
110 South 1st Street
Lehighton, PA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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A Better Today Inc
(570) 455-9222
21 North Church Street
Hazleton, PA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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White Deer Run of Blue Mountain
(877) 756-4023
8284 Leaser Road
Kempton, PA
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Substance abuse
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

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Twin Lakes Center for
(814) 635-2499
805 Lower Main Street
Saxton, PA
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(800) 452-0218
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient

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UHS KeyStone Center
(610) 876-9000
2001 Providence Avenue
Chester, PA
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(610) 876-9000
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, French, Spanish

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Bethesda PA Treatment & Healing
(610) 377-8870
335 North 4th Street
Lehighton, PA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Northeast Counseling Services
(570) 455-6385
750 East Broad Street
Hazleton, PA
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(570) 455-6385
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Reading Hospital and Medical Center
(610) 988-8070
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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A Better Today Inc
(570) 344-1444
1339 North Main Avenue
Scranton, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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Malvern Institute
(570) 622-9448
1581 West End Avenue
Pottsville, PA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents

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Information on GHB

GHB is also called as “liquid ecstasy,” this cheaper club drug can be most dangerous when mixed with alcohol. Here’s how to support a patient who’s overdosed. ara Walters, 23, is brought to your emergency department (ED) after she collapsed at a nightclub. The paramedics report that when they arrived on the scene, Ms. Walters was unconscious and her vital signs were: BP 118/64; pulse, 64; respirations, 10; and temperature, 950 F (350 C)-mildly hypothermic. Although the paramedics gave her 4 mg of intravenous (LV) naloxone during transport, she’s still unresponsive, indicating that a narcotic overdose isn’t a factor. Her friends told the paramedics that Ms. Walters had been drinking alcohol and something called liquid X, which you recognize as a street name for gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB), also called liquid ecstasy. Like the street drug known as ecstasy, an amphetamine, GHB enhances sensitivity to touch and reduces inhibitions. Her pupils are 4 mm and brisk to react, and her gag reflex is severely depressed. She’s intubated to protect her airway You start a second IN line and obtain specimens for a complete blood cell (CBC) count, electrolytes, blood glucose level, blood urea nitrogen level, blood alcohol level, thyroid stimu lating hormone, serum creatine kinase, and urine drug screen. Start an infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride solution with 100 mg of thiamine (because alcohol depletes thiamine stores). Lab results reflect an alcohol...

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