Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin Mason City IA

Because of its highly addictive properties, Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is a particularly nasty drug to which an individual can become addicted.

Prairie Ridge
(641) 424-2391
320 North Eisenhower Avenue
Mason City, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
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Spanish

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Alcohol and Drug Dependency Servs of
(319) 385-2216
122 North Main Street
Mount Pleasant, IA
Hotline
(319) 385-2216
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Pregnant/postpartum women, DUI/DWI offenders

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Center for Alcohol and Drug Services
(563) 322-2667
1523 South Fairmount Street
Davenport, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Covenant Medical Center Horizons
(319) 272-2650
2101 Kimball Avenue
Waterloo, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Saint Lukes Hospital
(319) 363-4429
1030 5th Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Mercy Turning Point Treatment Center
(563) 589-8000x8290
250 Mercy Drive
Dubuque, IA
Hotline
(563) 589-8280
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Broadlawns Medical Center
(515) 282-6610
1801 Hickman Road
Des Moines, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Alcohol and Drug Dependency Servs of
(319) 523-8436
304 Highway 61 North
Wapello, IA
Hotline
(319) 523-8436
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Powell Chemical Dependency Center
(515) 263-2424
IA Lutheran Hosp/Powell Chem Dep Ctr
Des Moines, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Community and Family Resources
(515) 955-7614
1506 31st Avenue North
Fort Dodge, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin

Heroin Addiction – One of the Most Powerful and Addictive of its Kind – is Treatable, but Only with Detox and Trained Professionals

The most important step in beating heroin addition is to first detox from heroin. This is usually only accomplished through drug and alcohol primary or inpatient treatment for heroin addiction . By detoxing, the behaviors and physical need for the drug will not play a role in the recovering addict’s decision-making process. This in turn, allows trained professionals and care givers to help a recovering addict recognize what brought them to this point in their life, and to hopefully help abusers never relive this time.

Because of its highly addictive properties, Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is a particularly nasty drug to which an individual can become addicted. That this is true is in large part because of the manner in which the drug works: as an opioid drug, it affects the opioid receptors in the central nervous and in the gastrointestinal systems. Though it may be a tough road, drug and alcohol treatment for heroin will help an abuser recover from addiction.

Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin Will Help Long Time Abusers ReThink Their Behaviors and Lifestyle

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 ...

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