Inglewood Addiction Treatment Centers

The California city of Inglewood is just southwest of Los Angeles proper and home to more than 100,000 residents, many of whom struggle with addictions to drugs and alcohol.¹

A growing addiction seen throughout the country is the abuse of prescription opioid painkillers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 115 people in the United States die every day from overdoses involving a narcotic painkiller.²

Opioids not only reduce pain sensations in the body, but they can also trigger the release of dopamine and serotonin, which elevate moods and can create an intense high. Of the people in the U.S. who currently abuse heroin and other narcotics, almost 80% began doing so after receiving a prescription for these drugs to treat pain.³

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) found that, in 2015 in Los Angeles County, about 10% of public high school students reported lifetime abuse of prescription drugs, including opioids.⁴ When substance abuse begins at a young age, the risk of struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol later in life increases.

If you live in Inglewood and are struggling with substance abuse of any kind, help is available. Use the directory to search for rehabs in your area.

1. Data.io. (2018). Inglewood, CA.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). Opioid Overdose: Understanding the Epidemic.
3. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (2018). Prescription Opioid Use Is a Risk Factor for Heroin Use.
4. National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS). Los Angeles County Sentinel Community Site (SCS), Drug Use Patterns and Trends, 2016.