Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.

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