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  • Deaths caused by alcohol dependence in the U.S. are highest among Blacks, although a higher percentage of blacks than whites abstain from using alcohol.
  • Cocaine is most often smuggled into the United States across the Mexican border, where it arrives in powder form and is converted to crack by the wholesaler or retailer.
  • The skyrocketing rate of drug overdoses in the United States is not surprising, as opioid analgesics are increasingly being prescribed to individuals; according to a recent government survey, one in five adults and one in ten kids have received some form of opiate pain prescription within the past year.
  • Fentanyl use has been known to cause aphasia, which is a sudden inability to speak or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage.
  • In 2009 nearly 6% of high school seniors reported using Salvia within the past year, higher than rates of Ecstasy use, and twice as high as LSD use.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is normally the initial step in getting off drugs. It allows an individual 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 typical mistake that quite a few addicts make is to believe that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is almost never the case. All detox does is get a person through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is often recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to learn the root of why somebody was using drugs in the first place.

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