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Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • 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.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.

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