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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Because of OxyContins depressant effects on the central nervous system, individuals may experience respiratory depression and euphoria in high doses.
  • During 2009, an estimated 760,000 people in the United States aged 12 or older used Ecstasy in the month prior to being surveyed.
  • Emergency room visits for people aged 21 or older, as a result of nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals increased 111.0 percent between 2004 and 2009.
  • Crack cocaine users often increase their dose in an attempt to intensify and prolong the effects of the drug, but this can also increase the risk of adverse psychological or physiological effects.
  • A depressant overdose is most often characterized by slow or shallow breathing, blue lips, cold or clammy skin, slow or faint pulse, snoring or gurgling noises and unresponsiveness.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the initial step in getting off drugs. It permits 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. Theyrange from drug-free to medically supervised. A widespread mistake that many addicts make is to think that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is hardly ever the case. All detox does is get an individual 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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