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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Individuals aged 20 or younger made up nearly 20 percent (877,802 visits) of all drug-related emergency room visits in 2009; approximately 50% of which involved drug abuse.
  • During 2010, the number of first time non-medical users of prescription stimulants in the U.S. was 624,000.
  • Individuals who extract the fentanyl from a time release patch and consume it all at once are receiving far too much of the drug at one time than was ever legitimately intended.
  • As of 2010 it was estimated that 50% of Americans aged 12 and older were current drinkers of alcohol, which is about 131.3 million people, similar to the 2009 estimate of 130.6 million people.
  • Individuals who have used Oxycontin with a prescription for legitimate use may not even realize that they are experiencing withdrawal when they stop using the drug, and many report thinking that they just have the flu.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the first step in getting off drugs. It makes it possible for a particular person to be in a supervised setting while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are diverse types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A widespread mistake that quite a few addicts make is to think that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is almost never the case. All detox does is get an individual 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 discover the root of why an individual was using drugs in the first place.

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