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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.

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