Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction Carson 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.

New Hope Health Services Inc
(310) 676-8030
13325 Hawthorne Boulevard
Hawthorne, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Pregnant/postpartum women, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Mental Health Systems Inc
(760) 788-6246
323 Hunter Street
Ramona, CA
Hotline
(760) 788-6246
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men

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Iris Center Womens Counseling and
(415) 864-2364x210
333 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women
Language Services
Spanish

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Community Connection Resource Center
(619) 584-9034
3571 Fairmont Avenue
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Phoenix House
(714) 953-9373
1207 East Fruit Street
Santa Ana, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women
Language Services
Spanish

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Tarzana Treatment Center Inc
(818) 996-1051
18646 Oxnard Street
Tarzana, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification, Halfway house, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, 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, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Residential beds for clients' children
Language Services
Spanish

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Advent Group Ministries
(408) 281-0708
90 Great Oaks Boulevard
San Jose, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Mission Treatment Services Inc
(858) 715-1211
6691 Convoy Court
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women
Language Services
Tagalog

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Southern CA Alcohol and Drug Progs Inc
(323) 269-6901
444 South Boyle Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Services Provided
Halfway house

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BAART Behavioral Health Services Inc
(213) 607-2010
1926 West Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Albanian, Japanese, Russian, 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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