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Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • 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.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • 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).
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.

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