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Drug Rehab Programs For Persons With HIV And AIDS category listings in Alexandria, Virginia:
  • Dept of Community and Human Services
    Dept of Community and Human Services is located at:

    2355A Mill Road
    Alexandria, VA. 22314
    703-746-3600

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Methadone Detoxification, Outpatient, Residential Short-Term Treatment (30 Days Or Less), Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women, Men, Criminal Justice Clients
    Payment Options: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance
  • District 19 Substance Abuse Services
    District 19 Substance Abuse Services is located at:

    20 West Bank Street
    Petersburg, VA. 23803
    804-862-6410 x3143

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women, Men
    Payment Options: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

About Crystal Meth

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The drug’s effects are similar to those of cocaine but longer lasting. Crystal Meth can cause erratic, violent behavior among its users. Effects include suppressed appetite, interference with sleeping behavior, mood swings and unpredictability, tremors and convulsions, increased blood pressure, irregular heart rate. Users may also experience homicidal or suicidal thoughts, prolonged anxiety, paranoia and insomnia. 
Some doctors have misdiagnosed meth addicts as Schizophrenics if they were unaware of their drug addiction. The drug makes its users appear to have the same symptoms as Schizophrenia.
Some meth users take the drug by hot railing. This is where the user snorts the drug through a super-heated glass pipe.
Current statistics show that in California, meth is the primary drug problem reported to publicly monitored treatment providers in the state. Meth addiction has now surpassed alcohol and heroin as the primary drug addicts are enrolling in treatment for.
Crystal meth addiction was rampant in the 1960's and early 1970's. The authorities managed to close down the black market production and thus this form of addiction faded.