Why heroin/fentanyl abuse and addiction is such a problem in today’s society? Drug and heroin intervention & rehabs in British Columbia and Alberta – Options Okanagan Treatment Centers in Kelowna, British Columbia treating drug, opiate, fentanyl, heroin and alcohol addiction and recovery.
Opioid Rehabs In Alberta And BC
Prescription pain pills are being abused more now than ever before. For example, since 1999, the number of accidental deaths from these opioids has sky rocketed. That means that in North America alone, there have been more than a quarter of a million deaths tied to prescription pain pills.
Many people start legally taking pain pills. From there, some then move on to heroin abuse. In recent studies, around fifty percent of people who use heroin stated that they started with prescription pain relievers.
Why Are People Turning To Heroin?
Many people move from prescription pills to heroin simply because of finances. For example, if you are taking OxyContin for pain, just one pill can cost up to $80. However, an entire bag of heroin may only be ten dollars. You’ll feel about the same taking heroin as you would taking opioids. This is because they are both depressants and target the central nervous system.
It is also becoming harder for people to get prescription pain pills without a valid prescription. Governments have stepped up to address that problem by monitoring closely the way that prescriptions are filled. Some experts hypothesize that as prescription painkillers become harder to get, more and more people will turn to heroin as a result.
How Can Heroin Hurt You?
First, it is important to realize that not only is heroin illegal, it is also very addictive. Heroin makes it difficult for the user to think and make decisions, it can lead to vomiting and nausea, it slows breathing and it can even lead to death. If nothing is done, the body may be suffer lasting consequences.
Collapsed veins are not uncommon. Following that, it is fairly normally for the heart valves and the blood vessels to get infected. Many users have to deal with tuberculosis or a generally weakened immune system. Of course, heroin addicts usually have bad teeth, trouble remembering things and issues with paralysis as well, and they may even fall into a coma.
Professional Drug Treatment at a Facility in Alberta and BC
The face of heroin in changing. Forget what you knew about this drug before. It can now be accessed in new ways, and it isn’t as difficult to get a hold of it, which is why many people are falling into the heroin trap.
When the consequences of heroin abuse are outlined clearly, it is much easier to understand why this is such a dangerous drug. The good news it that recovery can happen with support and treatment.
Opiate Addiction in Alberta and BC
Battling Drug Addiction in Alberta and BC
Options Okanagan Opiate and Alcohol Treatment Centers in Kelowna, Salmon Arm and Vancouver, British Columbia – Men and Women are recovering and healing from Alcohol and Drug Abuse at our treatment center here in the Okanagan right now.
Our unique and distinctive Opiate Drug and Alcohol treatment program allows men and women to come in from Calgary as well as Edmonton as we offer airport pickup.
Numerous clients come to us from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton and other locations in Alberta and even other provinces for Opiate addiction treatment, heroin drug treatment, many other drug and alcohol addictions for rehabilitation because of the uniqueness of our treatment center.
Our Drug Opiate Treatment Location:
Options Okanagan Drug and Opiate Treatment Center
551 Sherrydale Crescent, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 2E6
Toll Free Phone Number : 1-855-335-0331