Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction Arcata 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.

United Indian Health Services
(707) 825-5000
1600 Weeot Way
Arcata, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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North Coast Subst Abuse Council Inc
(707) 445-0869
1205 Myrtle Avenue
Eureka, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient

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Humboldt Co Dept of Hlth Human
(707) 476-4054
720 Wood Street
Eureka, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women

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Humboldt Recovery Center Inc
(707) 443-4237
905 L Street
Eureka, 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
Men, Criminal justice clients

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Action Family Counseling Inc
(805) 650-0084
5850 Thille Street
Ventura, CA
Hotline
(800) 367-8336
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Healthy Moms Program
(707) 441-5220
2910 H Street
Eureka, CA
Hotline
(707) 476-4054
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Alcohol Drug Care Services Inc
(707) 445-1391
528 5th Street
Eureka, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Alcohol and Drug Care Services Inc
(707) 445-3869
1335 C Street
Eureka, CA
Services Provided
Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

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Alternatives for Better Living
(707) 226-1248
701 School Street
Napa, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Southern CA Alcohol and Drug Progs Inc
(562) 923-4545x280
757-59 Loma Vista Drive
Long Beach, CA
Hotline
(562) 435-4771
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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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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