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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.

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