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  • Chronic abuse of alcohol can reduce the amount of digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas which can cause inflammation and leaking digestive enzymes, which subsequently may attack the pancreas itself.
  • As of 2010, 1.2% of 8th graders, 1.6% of 10th graders, and 1.0% of 12th graders had abused methamphetamine at least once in the year prior to being surveyed.
  • Effects which may have a late onset as a result of LSD use have been reported to include distortion of senses and confusion in time and thought processes.
  • New powerful prescription pain medications such as Fentanlyl are reported to be up to a hundred times more powerful than morphine; such drugs have recently been reported to cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
  • A survey in 2002 found that 52 percent of incarcerated women and 44 percent of men met the criteria for alcohol or drug dependence.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the initial step in getting off drugs. It enables a particular person 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 feel that detox is enough to kick their habit. This is almost never the case. All detox does is get someone through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is at all times recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to discover the root of why an individual was using drugs in the first place.

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