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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • 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.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.

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