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Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.

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