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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • 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.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • 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
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.

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