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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

in Massachusetts

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • In the year 2006 a total of 13,693 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs in Arkansas.
  • 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.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • 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.

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