Heroin Addiction & Detox Treatment in New Jersey

Get the Help You Need to Quit Heroin Today!

In the short term, heroin offers users feelings of euphoria. These feelings keep users coming back, with every use making it more difficult to feel “normal” without heroin in their systems. Long-term, heroin can lead to collapsed veins, heart infections, renal disease, coma, and death. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 10,000 people in the U.S. die of heroin overdoses annually. From 1999 to 2018, there was a more-than six-fold increase in these types of deaths.

We strongly encourage people addicted to heroin to not wait until rock bottom to seek help. While we can accept people at any stage of addiction, we believe that there is no time like the present to seek help. Long-term consequences can worsen the longer use continues.

Struggling or know someone struggling with heroin addiction? Contact Turning Point, Inc. online or call us today at (973) 380-0905 to learn more about our heroin rehab programs in New Jersey.

Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

The severity of heroin withdrawal symptoms makes it difficult for those with heroin dependency to quit. You may have tried several times to overcome your heroin addiction but were stopped short of your body's physical dependency on heroin.

Symptoms of heroin withdrawal usually begin within the first 6-12 hours of detox and can be difficult to manage alone. Because heroin withdrawal symptoms can be dangerous, we strongly encourage those struggling with dependency on heroin to seek professional help for detox and rehabilitation.

Heroin Use Statistics

• As of 2019, roughly 745,000 people over the age of 12 in the U.S. report having used heroin at least once in the past year. Of these people, 438,000 met the clinical definition of having heroin use disorder (SAMHSA).
• Prescription opioid use is a risk factor for heroin use. Based on data from 2002 to 2012, heroin use was 19 times higher in people who used painkillers non-medically (NIH).
• A sampling of the general population indicated that nearly 80% of heroin users became addicted to prescription painkillers first (NIH).
• While prescription painkillers and heroin have similar effects on users, the risk factors are vastly different, increasing the potential for overdose and other health risks such as HIV and injection-related diseases (NIH).
• Much of what drives heroin use is its availability and affordability. A recent survey indicated that 94% of all opiate addicts opted for heroin because prescription opiates were too expensive and/or too hard to find (NIH).

Turning Point’s Heroin Treatment Programs

Turning Point in New Jersey has a wide range of opiate rehab programs available to those seeking to end heroin addiction. We have detoxification programs, short-term residential, outpatient treatment, transitional living, family wellness programs, and more! View all of our treatment programs.

Addiction can stop here. Get in touch with Turning Point today to make that goal a reality!