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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • 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.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.

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