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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • 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.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • 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.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.

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