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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.

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