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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.

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