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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.

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