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Mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi

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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.

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