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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.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop

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