Drug Rehab in CT Sees That There Has Been a Gradual Shift in the So Called Gateway Drugs

Drug Rehab Alcohol Rehab and Residential Treatment Center Mountainside

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 13, 2009

A Connecticut Drug Rehab has noticed a very alarming trend among young admissions to its facility. More and more teens are addicted to prescription pain killers.

One difference between the gateway drugs of old and the gateway drugs of new are that the new drugs are often faster to addict and can lead to more illicit substances more quickly. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many young adults quickly build a tolerance and become addicted to these drugs often find themselves no longer using them to get high, but to desperately avoid withdrawal symptoms.

In many cases, teens that seek out prescription drugs that are benzodiazepines or opiate based find themselves becoming addicted to heroin. As their addiction gets started, teens can wind up paying up to .00 for a single pill of Oxycontin. This very quickly becomes too expensive, leading the teens to alternatives like heroin which is 1/5 or 1/10th of the cost. Once they start down this road hope begins to fade. Family connections begin to become strained and often sever. And with full blown addiction most social responsibilities are neglected or abused and often with dire consequences including incarceration.

It is estimated that as many as 2,500 youths ages 12 to 17 abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time every day. This is a scary statistic and infers that there are a lot of potential heroin addicts that will need to be pulled back from the edge. Sometimes a professional intervention is a very helpful and effective way to get the person abusing drugs in to an appropriate drug rehab and treatment program.

Fortunately there is hope. Drug rehab programs at Mountainside are specifically designed to deal with this exact situation. That is precisely what Mountainside Treatment center does, specifically tailor the treatment plan to the individual. Not use some cookie cutter treatment approach. This can make the crucial difference that your loved one needs. If you or your loved one is in need of help, please give Mountainside Drug Rehab and addiction Treatment Center a call at:

1-800-762-5433 or Visit us on the web at: mountainside.com Time is a luxury that a suffering drug addict or alcoholic does not have.

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