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Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 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.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Nearly one third of mushroom users reported heightened levels of anxiety.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28

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