Risks of Methamphetamine Use and Addiction Chapel Hill NC

Increased HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission are consequences of increased methamphetamine abuse, not only in individuals who inject the drug, but also in noninjecting methamphetamine abusers. Among injection drug users, infection with HIV and other infectious diseases is spread primarily through the re-use of contaminated syringes, needles, or other paraphernalia by more than one person.

Elizabeth Anton
(919) 942-9842
1829 East Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC
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Holly Fitzgerald LCSW
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213 Oxford Hills Drive
Chapel Hill, NC
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1101 Weaver Dairy Road
Chapel Hill, NC
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Freedom House Recovery Center
(919) 425-5453
2404 Francis Street
Durham, NC
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Women
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(919) 929-9610
1502 West Highway 54
Durham, NC
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Sunrise Casaworks Residence
(919) 960-3775
209-17 Connor Drive
Chapel Hill, NC
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Substance abuse
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Special Programs/Groups
Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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Annas Resources Inc
(919) 942-8422
976 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Chapel Hill, NC
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient

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Freedom House Recovery Center
(919) 942-2803x18
104 New Stateside Drive
Chapel Hill, NC
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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A Rational Counseling Center
(919) 405-2800
5011 Southpark Drive
Durham, NC
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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First Step Services LLC
(919) 419-0229
3329 Chapel Hill Boulevard
Durham, NC
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Risks of Methamphetamine Use and Addiction

Risks of methamphetamine abuse during pregnancy. One of the major problems in the United States is the prenatal exposure to methamphetamine. Less than 1 percent of pregnant women aged 15-44 had used methamphetamine in the past year, any use among this population is of concern according to the NSDUH. Unfortunately, our knowledge of the effects of methamphetamine during pregnancy is limited. The few human studies that exist have shown increased rates of premature delivery, placental abruption, fetal growth retardation, and heart and brain abnormalities. However, these studies are difficult to interpret due to methodological issues, such as small sample size and maternal use of other drugs. Ongoing research is continuing to study developmental outcomes such as cognition, social relationships, motor skills, and medical status of children exposed to methamphetamine before birth.

Are methamphetamine abusers at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C?

Increased HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission are consequences of increased methamphetamine abuse, not only in individuals who inject the drug, but also in noninjecting methamphetamine abusers. Among injection drug users, infection with HIV and other infectious diseases is spread primarily through the re-use of contaminated syringes, needles, or other paraphernalia by more than one person. However, regardless of how it is taken, the intoxicating effects of methamphetamine can alter judgment and inhibition and lead pe...

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