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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.

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