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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.

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