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Mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 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.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.

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