Drug Rehab Centers in Connecticut

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Treatment programs in Connecticut follow a continuum from most to least intensive. Most people need to start at a higher level of care and step down as they stabilize.

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Drug & Addiction Facts — Connecticut

• Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
• Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
• Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
• Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
• In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
• Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
• Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
• Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
• Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
• Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
• Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
• Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
• American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
• Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
• Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
• Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
• Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
• Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
• 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.

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