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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska

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Drug Facts

  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • 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.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.

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