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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.

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