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Diamond House Detox – A Marijuana Detoxification Center

Whether you’re seeking inpatient rehab for marijuana in Sacramento or just weed detoxification, Diamond House Detox offers a wide range of rehabilitation and detoxification services to help you on your road to recovery. We offer serval therapy treatments, including:

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): CBT helps you rewire the way you think and stop negative thoughts before they take over. This therapy teaches you about your way of thinking and teaches you skills to think and act in more positive ways.
  • Art therapy: Recovery and rehabilitation is hard work, and we understand that the human mind needs to relax, which is why we provide art therapy to allow clients to physically and mentally unwind and communicate their feelings in non-verbal ways.
  • Trauma therapy: Since many substance abuse disorders are side effects of trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we provide trauma therapy to help clients overcome their past traumas and find healthier coping mechanisms.

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How to Know When It’s Time for Marijuana Rehab

It can be difficult to admit you have a problem, but it’s the first step to recovery. Even in states, like California, in which cannabis is decriminalized, there are people who feel their use of marijuana has gotten out of hand and want to reach out for some professional help. Other times, people may not be able to recognize the warning signs of addiction themselves, but loved ones can voice their opinion when they see something is wrong.

It might be time to go to rehab for weed in Northern California or elsewhere if you notice any of the following:

  • You’re constantly craving the drug.
  • You lie about how often you indulge in drug use.
  • You’ve developed a tolerance for it, requiring you to need higher doses to feel the high.
  • You’re spending money on drugs when you should be covering household bills and expenses.
  • You’ve purposely skipped work or social events just to get high.
  • You’ve tried to quit on your own and failed.
  • You take dangerous risks that put you or others in danger.
  • Your loved ones have reached out to you about the frequency of your drug use.

In addition to all those, you may also experience health-related symptoms, which are possible with prolonged cannabis use — these include:

  • Respiratory issues: Cannabis may be slightly healthier than nicotine, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Longtime cannabis use can result in a chronic cough and an increased risk for lung infections.
  • Cardiovascular issues: When you smoke or ingest cannabis, your heart rate can increase for several hours after consuming the drug, making the chances of a heart attack higher. This is an especially dangerous condition for those who have pre-existing heart conditions.
  • Cognitive issues: Longterm cannabis use can lead to reduced cognitive function, like memory loss and the inability to find contentment in activities you used to love. Psychological dependence is another risk and presents itself in the form of feeling like you need marijuana to deal with everyday tasks.

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Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs. It has become more socially acceptable as it becomes more readily available due to the legalization in many states for medical and recreational use. Just like other substances, marijuana can also cause individuals to build up a tolerance and experience physical and psychological dependence.

Symptoms of marijuana withdrawal include anxiety, fear, dissociation, restlessness, irritability, poor appetite, poor sleep, night sweats and tremors. Some using large amounts may experience paranoia and psychosis. Symptoms of withdrawal can begin 24 hours after last use and can last up to two weeks.

Marijuana withdrawal is not normally life-threatening and is milder compared to other substances. It can be uncomfortable, and it is recommended that those going through withdrawal seek medical attention to help manage and monitor symptoms. Marijuana detoxification involves taking medications for symptoms management. The goals of treatment are to address withdrawal symptoms, prevent complications and begin to address abstinence.

Marijuana is a drug that’s known by a lot of different names, including cannabis, weed and pot. The drug consists of the dried flowers of the cannabis plant and is consumed in several ways, including via hand-rolled joints, pipes, vaporizers and more. It can also be mixed in with tea or cooked into foods to create edibles. There are different strains of cannabis, each with different effects.

However, no two people will experience marijuana high the same way since the psychological effects vary based on dozens of factors, including tolerance and mental health. Whether used medicinally or recreationally, different cannabis strains can have one or more of the following physical and mental effects:

  • Relaxation, both physical and mental
  • Euphoria
  • Altered state of mind
  • Impaired short-term memory
  • Altered sense of time
  • Impaired body movement
  • Increased appetite

Oftentimes, medicinal marijuana will be available in edible form, making it easier to consume while prolonging its effects. Unlike inhaling cannabis through the lungs, edibles are eaten, digested and absorbed through the bloodstream, providing a stronger high. However, there needs to be just the right amount of cannabis in the food for it to have the desired effect. Too much marijuana or even a different strain can cause nausea, vomiting and paranoia, along with other undesirable and uncomfortable physical and mental effects.

Any sort of addiction negatively impacts both the user and their loved ones. Marijuana use disorder is no different, and research shows that approximately 30% of cannabis users will develop a marijuana use disorder — that number increases for people who begin experimenting with marijuana before they’re 18, making them four to seven times more likely to develop a marijuana use disorder.

The disorder becomes an addiction when the user finds themself unable to carry on with their day-to-day life without using the drug. Alternatively, when a person’s use of marijuana interferes with their everyday life, it’s also a sign of a disorder.

Abusing any drug both harms the user and their friends and family. This can be in the form of worry for the loved one who is abusing the drug or disappointment at the user’s behaviors or discontinued contact. Additionally, the person abusing marijuana may find their work and social lives are negatively affected, as well. Showing up intoxicated to work, performing their professional duties under par or spoiling special social events by acting inappropriately because they are intoxicated are all ways in which excessive and irresponsible marijuana use can lead to alienating loved ones and negatively impacting professional relationships.

There is no medication that magically fixes a marijuana use disorder, but marijuana rehab in Northern California can be simple. Facilities that deal with rehabilitation and recovery offer various therapies, which have been known to be successful for people who feel they’re abusing marijuana.

The disorder becomes an addiction when the user finds themself unable to carry on with their day-to-day life without using the drug. Alternatively, when a person’s use of marijuana interferes with their everyday life, it’s also a sign of a disorder.

Abusing any drug both harms the user and their friends and family. This can be in the form of worry for the loved one who is abusing the drug or disappointment at the user’s behaviors or discontinued contact. Additionally, the person abusing marijuana may find their work and social lives are negatively affected, as well. Showing up intoxicated to work, performing their professional duties under par or spoiling special social events by acting inappropriately because they are intoxicated are all ways in which excessive and irresponsible marijuana use can lead to alienating loved ones and negatively impacting professional relationships.

Anyone can become addicted to opiate drugs. In a vast number of cases of opiate addiction in California, people receive prescription drugs from their doctor for a painkiller like Percocet or Vicodin. The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides some disturbing insights on the prevalence of opioid prescribing in America in 2017:

  • Almost 58 prescriptions were written per 100 Americans.
  • More than 17% of Americans filled one or more opioid prescriptions.
  • An average of 3.4 prescriptions were dispensed for every patient.
  • The average number of days per prescription was 18.

With these numbers, it’s no surprise that pain patients are getting hooked on opiates. The opioid crisis has also led to increased use of heroin, the illicit cousin of painkillers, which possesses a much more life-threatening addiction. A large-scale study presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reveals that almost 80% of heroin users say they used prescription opioids before moving to the more powerful, more dangerous and less expensive heroin. These prescription drugs are gateways to heroin addiction and need to be handled with precaution. If you find yourself in this situation, a heroin detox center in California can help.

One of the most insidious characteristics of opiates is that they are viewed as harmless or of minimal risk. This is partially due to widespread misinformation campaigns on the part of pharmaceutical companies like Purdue, the maker of OxyContin. This misinformation also led doctors to over-prescribe opiates. When your doctor is writing your prescriptions and doesn’t go the extra mile to explain the addictive potential, you may not feel any need to be cautious and ask questions.

Opiates have strong addictive potential even when use begins under legitimate medical circumstances. When opiates are abused recreationally from the beginning, the risk of addiction grows. Using greater quantities of an opiate accelerates the changes in the brain that drive addiction, making it imperative to seek addiction treatment as soon as possible and making the road to recovery even harder.

Diamond House Detox is more than just a marijuana rehab center in Sacramento — we offer a range of treatment for drug and alcohol addiction and offer residential treatments at one of our many homes, which offer private rooms, so you can reduce the number of stressors and better focus on your recovery. We also offer group therapy and have a staff chef on-site, because your comfort is just as important as your health.

Diamond House Detox specializes in co-occurring conditions — both substance abuse and mental health — and offers only evidence-based treatments. Clients are also able to access rehabilitation and mental health professionals, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, an addiction psychiatrist, nurses, medical assistants and drug and alcohol counselors.

Recovery doesn’t end when you leave the facility, which is why we offer an aftercare plan for clients to help them maintain sobriety after their treatment. This can include tips to apply to their day-to-day life, such as how to avoid triggers and how to build healthy relationships that will continue to help with recovery.

Start Your Inpatient or Outpatient Marijuana Treatment Today

If you’re looking for a place to seek rehab for weed in Sacramento, get in touch to book a tour of our facilities or to determine if outpatient treatment is a better fit for you. We offer 24-hour admittance for our inpatient treatments, and we’ll work with you to establish a curated treatment plan to help you detox from marijuana and stay sober after.

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