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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • After the euphoric feeling a heroin user experiences subside, they typically experience an alternately wakeful and drowsy state.
  • An observer of a drug overdose incident should try to remain calm, and attempt to get a response from the person by squeezing their arm and calling their name.
  • An individual who is suffering from a cocaine overdose may display symptoms such as paranoia, rapid heartbeat, psychosis, extreme confusion, loss of motor control movement, and cardiac arrest; additionally, a cocaine overdose can result in a fatal condition that is referred to as excited delirium.
  • According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, drug overdose deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States; the article concluded that this increase is mostly due to the significant increase in the number of individuals who abuse prescription drugs in this country.
  • About 4% of high school seniors in the United States have used crack cocaine at least once in their lifetime.
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Spanish Services

There increasing numbers of Spanish speaking clients walking into substance abuse rehabilitation facilities every day needing help. Because Spanish is such a prevalent language in this country, many drug rehabilitation facilities are prepared to deliver services to Spanish speaking clients. Additionally, many treatment professionals make it a point to learn the language so as to be able to provide the treatment and therapy needed for Spanish speaking people.

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