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Substance abuse treatment in Puerto rico

There are a total of 189 drug treatment centers listed under the category Substance abuse treatment in puerto rico. If you have a facility that is part of the Substance abuse treatment 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

  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • 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.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Brand names of Bath Salts include Blizzard, Blue Silk, Charge+, Ivory Snow, Ivory Wave, Ocean Burst, Pure Ivory, Purple Wave, Snow Leopard, Stardust, Vanilla Sky, White Dove, White Knight and White Lightning.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.

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