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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.

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