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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • 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.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.

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