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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Mortality rates from unintentional drug overdoses have risen consistently since the early 1970's and have reached historic highs over the last decade in the United States.
  • Drug withdrawal is the onset of a group of symptoms that occurs upon abrupt discontinuation/separation or a decrease in dosage of the intake of medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol.
  • Accessibility is likely a contributing factor as to why prescription drugs are abused illicitly and non-medically to get high in the United States.
  • Aside from mainlining heroin into a vein, heroin can also be injected into a muscle, smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in a marijuana joint or regular cigarette, inhaled as smoke through a straw (known as chasing the dragon, or snorted as powder through the nose.
  • Consequences of alcohol consumption among youth can vary from increased risky sexual behaviors to poor school performance, and increased risk of suicide and homicide.
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Specialized in Hiv/Aids Patients

It is not unusual for persons with HIV/AIDS to end up in a substance abuse rehabilitation center receiving help for severe addiction issues. Sometimes individuals who abuse drugs and alcohol are predisposed to such diseases due to certain circumstances which afflict the drug culture such as sharing dirty syringes to inject drugs or becoming involved in risky sexual behavior because of lowered sexual inhibitions caused by drug use. Persons with HIV/AIDS should have effective treatment just like any otherwise healthy addicted person. Drug treatment centers that accept and cater to persons with HIV/AIDS offer specialized care to address any health issues that may come up in the course of treatment. This way, any physical barriers to rehabilitation are alleviated so that they can overcome their addiction once and for all.

Specialized in Hiv and Aids Patients category listings in Allerton, Iowa: