Drug Rehab for Heroin Taft CA

Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is particularly addictive due to the way in which the drug works: as an opioid drug, it affects the opioid receptors in the central nervous and in the gastrointestinal systems.

Kern County Mental Health Department
(661) 763-8660
1021 4th Street
Taft, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Fellowship Center
(760) 745-8478
737 East Grand Avenue
Escondido, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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His Sheltering Arms Inc
(323) 754-6900
10615 South Avalon Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Calaveras Co Behavioral Health Servs
(209) 754-6555
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Santa Clara Cnty Dept of Alc/Drug Serv
(408) 272-6581
2101 Alexian Drive
San Jose, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish, Vietnamese

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A New Serenity
(323) 971-9000
5701 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Pregnant/postpartum women, Men
Language Services
Spanish

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SD Consulting Services
(650) 222-6134
1220 Howard Avenue
Burlingame, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Matrix Institute
(323) 933-9186
5220 West Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Hotline
(800) 310-7700
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Guidance Health Services Inc
(310) 978-0461
11633 Hawthorne Boulevard
Hawthorne, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
Spanish

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Kramer Center at Newport Beach
(949) 566-0091
3388 Via Lido Street
Newport Beach, CA
Hotline
(800) 841-2440
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Drug Rehab for Heroin

Recovering From Heroin Addiction at a Drug Rehab Center

In selecting a drug rehab center specializing in heroin, many factors will contribute to an addict’s or loved one’s final choice of a treatment center. For as many types of drugs that individuals find themselves in the grasp of, there are equally as many treatment centers throughout the country specializing in specific types of drug addictions.

Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is particularly addictive due to the way in which the drug works: as an opioid drug, it affects the opioid receptors in the central nervous and in the gastrointestinal systems.

Through prolonged and regular use – for heroin, this usually involves ‘shooting up’, or boiling tar or ‘rock’ heroin down to a liquid state and injecting it – of opioid drugs, users – whether they hold a prescription or not – become addicted to the need for the drug to affect the body’s main pain receptors, opioid receptors. By binding to these receptors, a euphoric, pain relieving, stress relieving feeling is often the result. This in turn creates the urge for another hit when the effects of the drug wear off. Indeed, many heroin addicts report not feeling normal or even being able to function on a daily basis until they had a hit.

Substance Abusers Find Hope and Heal at Heroin Drug Rehab Center

Many times what counselors and care givers at heroin treatment centers find is that a string ...

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