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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • A drug overdose occurs when a person's metabolism cannot filter out the substance fast enough, subsequently resulting in harmful side-effects.
  • Drug addiction statistics from 2007 indicate that 7 million people aged 12 or older in the U.S. reported nonmedical use of a prescription drug.
  • Alcohol is a major factor in unprotected sex among youth, significantly raising their risk of contracting HIV or other transmitted diseases.
  • A study which examined Prescription Drug Monitoring Program data in emergency departments found that Prescription Drug Monitoring Program data changed clinical management in 41 percent of cases.
  • Among the nearly 23 million drug users who were classified as being dependent to or having abused drugs in the past year in 2009, the highest number was among marijuana users with 4.3 million people aged 12 or older.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is commonly the very first step in getting off drugs. It enables an individual to be in a supervised environment 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 quite a few addicts make is to think that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is seldom the case. All detox does is get a person through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is usually 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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