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Mississippi Treatment Centers

in Mississippi

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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.

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