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  • Alcohol is a major factor in unprotected sex among youth, significantly raising their risk of contracting HIV or other transmitted diseases.
  • A positive response to the question On any single occasion during the past 3 months, have you had more than 5 drinks containing alcohol? accurately identifies those who meet the criteria for at-risk drinking or the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence.
  • Heroin was first synthesized in the mid 1800s and was used liberally in medicine in the early 1900s, at which time physicians were unaware of its potential for addiction.
  • Individuals who survive a drug overdose may often need long term health care; this medical care may include kidney dialysis, a kidney or liver transplant, or treatment for heart failure, stroke, or coma.
  • A study of gay men in the San Francisco Bay Area concluded that gay males who participated in circuit party weekends and also used methamphetamine were more than twice as likely to have unprotected anal sex during the same time period with a partner whose HIV status was unknown or different from theirs.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is typically the 1st step in getting off drugs. It allows a particular person to be in a supervised setting 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 prevalent mistake that many addicts make is to feel that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is seldom the case. All detox does is get somebody 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 somebody was using drugs in the first place.

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