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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • The withdrawal of the popular painkiller Darvon in the U.K. has dramatically decreased the amount of drug overdose cases in the United Kingdom; some reports have indicated that the percentage of intentional and accidental drug overdoses have fell by as much as 59%.
  • Female alcoholics have death rates 50 to 100 percent higher than those of male alcoholics, including deaths from suicides, alcohol-related accidents, heart disease and stroke, and liver cirrhosis.
  • Anabolic steroid users become addicted to these drugs and continue to take them in spite of physical problems and other negative effects on their social relations.
  • As of 2008 approximately 1.8 million drug or alcohol addiction treatment admissions to facilities that report to State administrative data systems.
  • A high percentage of the individuals who die of a prescription-related drug overdose have mixed the medication with alcohol or other types of illicit drugs.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is commonly 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 various types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A prevalent mistake that quite a few 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 always recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to uncover the root of why a person was using drugs in the first place.

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