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Heroin Rapid Detox
As an Opioid heroin use escalates as the body’s tolerance for the drug increases. The increased tolerance is the cause of many overdose deaths given that the heroin user may be injecting 3 to 5 times the lethal dose in order to maintain their high. Rapid detoxification from high tolerance heroin use is extremely dangerous and can be fatal. Relapse for a heroin user after some period of absence can also be fatal as their tolerance level is no longer present and the same amount used during their last episode prior to a period abstinence will often kill the user.

Residential Treatment is a level of care that entails that the client live (resides) within a treatment facility for a specified duration of care; most often 28 days. Residential Treatment Programs and Centers usually include group and individual therapy sessions and span the confinement continuum from open campus to lock down facilities.

Addiction
Addiction implies that a drug dependency has developed to such an extent that it has serious detrimental effects on the user (referred to as an addict). They may be chronically intoxicated, have great difficulty stopping the drug use, and be determined to obtain the drug by almost any means. The term addiction is inextricably linked to society's reaction to the user, and so medical experts try to avoid using it, preferring dependence instead.

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Resources

Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Pregnant-Postpartum Women and Their Infants National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information site offers links to research reports, resources, and prevention materials
Violence Against Women This Center for Substance Abuse Prevention resource guide presents recent research findings and information on the relationship of alcohol and substance abuse to violence against women, including battering, murder, stalking behaviors, rape, and sexual assault
Women For Sobriety, Inc. Nonprofit organization devoted to helping women overcome alcoholisms and other addictions; site offers archive of articles by Jean Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
Women In Recovery Links to twelve-step resources related to women's issues and addiction, panic disorder, and relationship issues

Research

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs and Women's Health Fact sheet from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women National Institute on Drug Abuse report covering biopsychosocial issues in addiction, consequences of addiction, and treatment issues
Keeping Score 1998 Drugs Strategies report on drug use among women
Multicultural Prevention: Women National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information site offers links to resource guides, prevention information, and research reports
Women and Drug Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse publication reviews special risk factors for women; covers drug use and pregnancy
Women and Smoking This 2001 Surgeon General's report summarizes women's patterns and trends in smoking, factors associated with starting and continuing smoking, health consequences, and interventions for cessation and prevention.
Women Offenders U.S. Department of Justice report on women and crime