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Payment Assistance Drug Rehab Programs category listings in Ripley, Tennessee:
  • Tennova LaFollette Medical Center
    Tennova LaFollette Medical Center is located at:

    923 East Central Avenue
    La Follette, TN. 37766
    423-907-1222

    Treatment Services: Hospital Inpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Seniors/Older Adults, Criminal Justice Clients, ASL Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment Options: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)
  • Hope of East Tennessee Inc
    Hope of East Tennessee Inc is located at:

    188 Raleigh Road
    Oak Ridge, TN. 37830
    865-482-4826

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Women, Men, Dui/Dwi Offenders
    Payment Options: Self Payment, Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

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The cost to clean a meth lab depends on the amount of toxic contamination and hazardous materials left behind. Meth lab clean ups can cost as little as $3,000 or more than $100,000.
After using ice crystal meth over a period of time, dopamine becomes depleted and meth addiction patients develop Parkinson like symptoms. Moreover the use of cocaine produce euphoria up to about 20 minutes, compared to ice crystal meth which produce euphoria for more than 12 hours. 
A meth user who is tweaking may not have slept in three to fifteen days and is often irritable and paranoid. Use extreme caution if the tweaker is also using alcohol or other drugs as the danger may be intensified.
A recent study of meth addicts who are HIV-positive indicated that HIV causes greater neuronal injury and cognitive impairment for addicts in this group compared with HIV-positive people who do not use meth.
Babies born to meth addicted mothers will act like premature infants even if they are born full-term. They will have trouble sucking and swallowing, sensitivity to touch, shaking or tremors, and often demonstrate abnormal reflexes and extreme irritability.