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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

in Massachusetts

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Drug Facts

  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).

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