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Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Getting blackout drunk doesn't actually make you forget: the brain temporarily loses the ability to make memories.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.

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