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  • Adolescent drug addicted individuals are especially sensitive to social tensions, peer groups and familial relationships, and drug rehabs that facilitate positive parental involvement, integration with other systems such as school and athletics, and recognize the importance of positive peer relationships are among the most effective.
  • About 80% of Ecstasy related emergency department visits in 2008 involved Ecstasy in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
  • During 2009 over 1 million Americans used Ecstasy for the first time, which is a significant increase from the 894,000 first-time users reported in 2008.
  • Although heroin withdrawal is considered less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal, sudden withdrawal by chronic and long term heroin users who are in poor health can be fatal.
  • Between 2005 and2009 among males between the ages of 21 and 34, the number of emergency room visits involving opiates increased significantly from 7,185 to 11,509 visits.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is typically the very first step in getting off drugs. It permits 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 common mistake that a lot of addicts make is to think that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is hardly ever the case. All detox does is get somebody through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is usually recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to uncover the root of why an individual was using drugs in the first place.

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