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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • In 2008 1.4% of eighth graders, 1.2% of tenth graders, and 1.3% of high school seniors in the U.S. reported lifetime use of heroin
  • Around 5,000 Americans under the age of 21 die as a result of underage alcohol drinking each year which includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, and hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning.
  • An overdose from stimulants such as amphetamines or cocaine is generally characterized by symptoms such as a rapid heartbeat, muscle cramps, seizures, psychosis, paranoia, and confusion, loss of motor control movement, vomiting, lack of consciousness, cardiac arrest, and death.
  • Individuals that use Xanax recreationally and illicitly often crave the euphoric calm that it brings; a high which can be enhanced when the drug is crushed and the powder is inhaled.
  • Drug overdose deaths in the United States have historically been linked to urban areas; according to recent government statistics, the rate of drug overdose deaths in rural areas throughout the U.S. has increased dramatically.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the very 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 different types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A common mistake that a lot of addicts make is to believe that detox is enough 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 often recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to find out the root of why somebody was using drugs in the first place.

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