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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Food in the stomach slows the rate of alcohol absorption, but the amount of alcohol absorbed remains the same.
  • About 2 percent of American high school seniors have used heroin at least once in their lifetime, and nearly half of those injected the drug.
  • Five States that ranked the highest in terms of rates of past month use of an illicit drug among those aged 12 or older are also were in the top fifth for past month use of an illicit drug other than marijuana. These States include Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
  • Many senior citizens who take medications for chronic pain will forget that they have already taken the potent pain medicines; in many of these instances, these elderly individuals will experience a potentially deadly drug overdose as a direct result of their memory lag.
  • Among pharmaceuticals, narcotic pain relievers were responsible for 38.2 percent, including oxycodone at 22.2 percent, of the emergency room visits in 2009 for patients who were seeking detox or substance abuse treatment as the reason for their visit.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is typically the 1st step in getting off drugs. It permits a person to be in a supervised environment while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are diverse types of detoxification. Theyrange from drug-free to medically supervised. A prevalent mistake that quite a few addicts make is to believe that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is hardly ever the case. All detox does is get an individual through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is always recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to discover the root of why somebody was using drugs in the first place.

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