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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.

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