Treating heroin addiction will involve many steps to make the recovery process effective. For most people, there will be a need for a medical detox to alleviate the symptoms of heroin withdrawal before going to a drug rehab center.

DETOX: Heroin addiction can sometimes include other drugs so it is very important to make sure that you disclose all of the drugs you are currently taking and have taken in the past 6 months. This will help the detox center better diagnose and prescribe the best medications to make your detox go smoothly and as pain-free as possible. Do not try to detox on your own. Heroin withdrawal can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, depending on the length of heroin use, and the amount of heroin being abused on a daily basis.

Inpatient rehabs: Detox should be followed by an extensive stay, at a heroin inpatient treatment program. Most of the people who have fought heroin addiction have one thing in common: They recovered from their addiction at an inpatient heroin rehab center. Some people can find sobriety in an outpatient treatment program but due to the temptations and availability to go find heroin, this type of program is less effective in treating the addiction as a whole.  The typical stay for someone recovering from heroin addiction can vary from center to center and usually consists of 30-90-day programs.

Private Inpatient drug rehabs offer the best results for long-lasting sobriety from Heroin addiction. The best treatment facilities for heroin will offer different types of treatment models and detox options for the person who is suffering from the adverse effects of heroin.

Court-ordered treatment: There are many Drug Rehab Facilities that accept criminal justice clients and people with open court cases as an alternative to jail. County and state courts will often suggest treatment in place of jail time for some first-time offender cases.

State-funded heroin treatment programs: North Dakota has set aside some resources for the treatment of heroin addiction. Please call our specialists to find out if you qualify for these state-funded rehab programs that are offered in North Dakota.

There have been many recent reports that heroin has become less expensive than it has been in years. This price shift in North Dakota has caused heroin to become a cheaper alternative for people who have developed an addiction to opioids in the form of pharmaceuticals. Due to the short supply of pharmaceutical drugs, heroin has become an inexpensive way to keep from going through the painful withdrawal symptoms from prescription medications. Prescription pain pills can often be overprescribed to patients who realize that they have become dependent on the drug. With recent crackdowns in North Dakota on opioid abuse, there has been a huge resurgence of heroin-addicted people in North Dakota. Adding to the problem is the fact that heroin is often times cut with Fentanyl (used for pain relief for end-stage cancer patients) and the potency can vary, leading to elevated heroin overdose deaths in North Dakota.

Heroin has become more popular over the past few years in North Dakota due to the availability of cheap, pure heroin coming in from Mexico. The drug cartels have now made a purer form of heroin, in a white powder, making their heroin more potent than it has ever been before. A recent study shows that teen heroin addiction rates are starting to rise dramatically in North Dakota. With the new heroin no longer being in a black tar form, the white powder has far more appeal to the younger drug experimenters.

North Dakota announced this past year that they have a new strategy to counter the opioid and heroin problem plaguing their state. Educating physicians and doctors is at the forefront of the list, covering the dangers of prescribing opioid painkillers and their effects on the long-term patient. The massive over-prescribing of pain medications during the last 25 years can be linked to being one of the root causes of heroin addiction in North Dakota. Getting the life-saving drug Naloxone to emergency respondents along with training in the proper uses and what to look for when someone is overdosing on Opioids or Heroin. With opioid pills skyrocketing in price on the black market, addicts in North Dakota are opting for the cheaper alternative, heroin. With Heroin prices dropping to 10 dollars a bag or “High”, Heroin is more cost-effective than buying a 30-dollar Percocet 30 mg pill. Heroin prices can be as low as 3 dollars a bag. The crackdown on opioids in 2012 caused a noticeable rise over the last 8 months in fatal overdoses. The need for more heroin addiction treatment centers has never been greater. Getting heroin addicts to treatment for their addictions is the only answer to this rising problem in North Dakota. read the full report HERE

South Central Human Service Center – Chemical Dependency Program and alcohol treatment center located in Jamestown, North Dakota, specializing in dual diagnosis treatment and co-occurring substance abuse issues. Providing free treatment, Outpatient drug rehabs, Partial Hospitalization and Day Treatment programs, Residential Short-Term drug treatment centers, and Residential Long-Term Treatment programs for those who qualify.