Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Alaska/alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska/alaska

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in alaska/alaska. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Alaska/alaska is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in alaska/alaska. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on alaska/alaska drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784