Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction Nevada City CA

Body’s neurochemical mechanisms that are liable for flexible and regulating appetite, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood pressure, attention, mood and automatic responses such as alertness or alarm is affected by Meth an enormously powerful stimulant that works within the central nervous system.

Common Goals Inc
(530) 265-2914
727 Zion Street
Nevada City, CA
Hotline
(530) 265-5811
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Chapa De Behavioral Health Department
(530) 477-1753
1061 Eas6t Main Street
Grass Valley, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Progress House Inc/Placer
(530) 389-9208
34248 East Towle Road
Alta, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Residential beds for clients' children
Language Services
Spanish

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Asian American Drug Abuse Program Inc
(323) 294-4932
520 North Labrea Ave
Los Angeles, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Hmong, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

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Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center
(831) 761-5422x105
161 Miles Lane
Watsonville, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Progress House Inc
(530) 265-9045
145 Bost Avenue
Nevada City, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men

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Community Recovery Resources (CORR)
(530) 273-9541x213
440 Henderson Street
Grass Valley, CA
Hotline
(530) 273-9541
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Community Support Srvs of Santa Cruz
(831) 459-0444
290 Pioneer Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Western Pacific Med Corp
(805) 641-9100
955 East Thompson Boulevard
Ventura, CA
Hotline
(805) 641-9100
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women
Language Services
Arabic, Spanish

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Home Stretch Residential
(619) 287-2588
4989 El Cajon Boulevard
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men

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Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction

Body’s neurochemical mechanisms that are liable for flexible and regulating appetite, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood pressure, attention, mood and automatic responses such as alertness or alarm is affected by Meth an enormously powerful stimulant that works within the central nervous system. Methamphetamine causes the norempinephrine transporter and the dopamine transporter to switch their direction of flow. This switch causes a release of these transmitters from the vesicles to the cytoplasm and from the cytoplasm to the synapse, causing increased stimulation of post-synaptic receptors. In addition, Meth indirectly prevents the reuptake of these neurotransmitters; causing them to remain in the synaptic cleft. it is neurotoxic in overdose.

Because the “high” that methamphetamine gives is intense and can last from eight to 24 hours, it has replaced cocaine, heroin, and marijuana as the drug of choice in many areas. Known on the street as “speed,” “meth,” “ice,” and “crystal,” it can be injected, smoked, snorted, or swallowed. During an interview with Dr. David McDowell, M.D.,(medical director of the Substance Treatment and Research Service at Columbia University at the New York State Psychiatric Institute)states, “The timing and intensity of the ‘rush’ are a result of the release of high levels of dopamine in the brain. Methods that cause methamphetamine to pass into the brain more quickl...

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