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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Whether a drug overdose is entirely accidental or is due to negligence or abuse, there is always a lot of reflecting that needs to take place before a person can pick up their lives in the wake of such a traumatic event.
  • Ambien abuse is considered taking more than the recommended dose (over 10 mg), for a few weeks.
  • A survey of non-injection methamphetamine users who were both heterosexual and gay males concluded that these users had more sex partners, were less likely to use a condom, and were more likely to exchange sex for money or drugs, have sex with an injection drug user, or to have a history of STDs; all risk factors for HIV transmission.
  • About 15 years ago, over three quarters of all heroin users injected the drug, although currently that number has shrunk to 65% as the number of individuals snorting heroin has grown.
  • Four percent of high school seniors in the U.S. have abused OxyContin at least once in the past year.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is generally the initial 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 widespread mistake that a lot of addicts make is to believe that detox is sufficient 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 often 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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