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Mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi

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Drug Facts

  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.

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