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Drug Rehab Programs For Adolescents category listings in Amity, Arkansas:
  • United Family Services (62.1 miles from Amity, Arkansas)
    United Family Services is located at:

    114 South Pine Street
    Perryville, AR. 72126
    501-889-1585

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Adolescents
    Payment Options: Medicaid, Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

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You may have heard that meth users often feel compelled to repeat meaningless tasks, such as taking apart and reassembling bits of machinery. Others may pick at imaginary bugs on their skin or brush their hair repeatedly.
Long-term meth abuse can cause respiratory problems, irregular heartbeat, cardiovascular collapse and even death.
The Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs collects client data from all publicly monitored treatment providers in California. The percentage of Caucasian clients with meth as their primary problem decreased steadily from 61.4 percent in State Fiscal Year 2000-2001 to 55.1 percent in State Fiscal Year 2004-2005. Further, the percent of Hispanic clients with a primary meth addiction problem increased steadily from 26 percent in State Fiscal Year 2000-2001 to 35.7 percent in State Fiscal Year 2004-2005.
When smoked or injected ice crystal meth can produce effects within seconds. With smoking or IV ice crystal meth; there is an intense rush that lasts only for a few minutes.
Signs of a meth lab include: A strong smell of urine or unusual chemical smells such as ether, ammonia or acetone; a large amount of cold tablet containers that list ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as ingredients; coffee filters containing a white pasty substance, a dark red sludge, or small amounts of shiny white crystals; bottles or jars with rubber tubing attached; glass cookware or frying pans containing a powdery residue.