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Puerto-rico Treatment Centers

in Puerto-rico

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Drug Facts

  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.

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