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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • 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.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.

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