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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.

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