Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

in Connecticut

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Drug Facts

Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.

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