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Heroin Addiction: San Jose Drug Abuse and Rehab
San Jose California is no stranger to problems with drug and alcohol addiction. Being the third largest city in California and the ten largest metropolitan area in the United States, San Jose has seen its fair share of drug addiction and alcohol abuse issues. Located at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay area San Jose and surrounding region is populated with 7 million people. While exact drug abuse and treatment center admissions are not provided here, percentage of the population abusing in California are approximately ten percent. That equates to nearly 700,000 people with a drug or alcohol problem in the San Jose California region.
Marijuana is the most abused drug in California and San Jose is no different. As reported by the Alcohol and Drug Data System, marijuana substance abuse treatment admissions increased from 20,143 in 2000 to 23,531 in 2003, with treatment admissions skyrocketing up nearly 1/3 in 2010. People seeking help for marijuana addiction has increased over 30% in those states with relaxed and medical marijuana policies.
Heroin Abuse – Short & Long Term Effects of Heroin Addiction
Heroin is a particularly powerful addictive drug that is processed from morphine from the seedpod of Asian poppies. The end product of the process is a white or brown powder that can be sniffed, smoked or dissolved and injected directly into the bloodstream.
Some of the more common names for the drug on the street are smack, “H”, skag and junk.
First time users are attracted to the drug’s reputation for producing a euphoric rush.
The National Drug Intelligence Center reports that surveys estimate that 3,091,000 United States residents tried Heroin at least once in the year 2002. The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicates that 2% of high school seniors are among this number and that at least 1% of them inject the drug.