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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • According to some of the latest research by the Center for Disease Control, there has currently been an increase in the number of drug overdose deaths that are related to prescription painkillers in rural areas throughout the U.S.
  • Cocaine was responsible in almost 30 percent of the emergency room visits in 2009 for individuals who were seeking detox or substance abuse treatment as the reason for their visit.
  • In 2009, over 600,000 Americans age 12 and older had abused heroin at least once in the year prior to being surveyed.
  • For heroin addicts, craving and relapse may occur weeks and months after withdrawal symptoms are long gone.
  • Crushing Ambien in order to snort or inject the drug, leads to the rapid release of the medication into the bloodstream; additionally, using the drug in this manner greatly increases the user's risk of a potentially fatal Ambien overdose.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is commonly the initial step in getting off drugs. It permits an individual to be in a supervised environment while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are different types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A typical mistake that a lot of addicts make is to believe that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is almost never the case. All detox does is get a person through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is at all times recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to find out the root of why a person was using drugs in the first place.

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