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Methadone detoxification in Puerto rico

There are a total of 4 drug treatment centers listed under the category Methadone detoxification in puerto rico. If you have a facility that is part of the Methadone detoxification category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Puerto rico is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

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Drug Facts

  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • 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 usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.

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