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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Aside from mainlining heroin into a vein, heroin can also be injected into a muscle, smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in a marijuana joint or regular cigarette, inhaled as smoke through a straw (known as chasing the dragon, or snorted as powder through the nose.
  • According to an epidemiologist for the Center for Disease Control, drug overdose death rates are currently more than double what they were during the peak years of crack cocaine mortality in the 1990's, and five times higher than the rates during the year of heroin mortality peak in 1975.
  • Colorado, New Hampshire, and Vermont are ranked in the highest fifth percentile for all Americans aged 12 or older and for each of the age subgroups, 12 to 17, 18 to 25, and 26 or older, for rates of illicit drug use.
  • In Tazewell County, Virginia, over 150 people had been charged with felonies associated with OxyContin abuse in 2000.
  • Alcohol consumption dilates blood vessels, causing a feeling of warmth but resulting in rapid loss of body heat.
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Individuals who speak other languages, other than English that is, should be able to receive drug or alcohol treatment which is on par with English speakers. Speakers of other languages should not feel that their treatment opportunities are limited or inferior because they don't speak English. There are quite a few substance abuse rehabilitation programs available which cater to those who speak foreign languages, all of which provide a variety of programs to choose from. For example, some drug and alcohol treatment facilities which provide services for people who speak other languages are only short term programs, but there are more long term options available. Foreign language speakers should seek the advice from a treatment professional in their area to choose a drug or alcohol rehab program that provides rehabilitation services in their specific language.

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