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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Maine Treatment Centers

in Maine

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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • 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.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • From 2011 to 2016, bath salt use has declined by almost 92%.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.

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