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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.

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