Facts
- When crack is cooked down in order to prepare it for injection, diseases can be spread if the tools used to cook the cocaine are themselves contaminated.
- The rate of current use of illicit drugs among young adults aged 18 to 25 has risen significantly over the past few years, and increased from 19.6 percent in 2008 to 21.2 percent in 2009 and 21.5 percent in 2010.
- Of the over 2 million Americans aged 12 or older in need of treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem in 2010, 2.6 million received this treatment at a specialty facility. However, 20.5 million persons who required treatment did not receive it.
- There are about 2.5 million illicit opiate users over the age of 12 in the United States.
Tofte, MN. - Persons with HIV/AIDSDrug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest individuals. When individuals in Tofte with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs or alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a decreased immune system, a thing as simple as the common cold can become a dangerous sickness. They expose themselves to other deadly infections too: Hepatitis C, pneumonia and tuberculosis just to list a few. Entering a drug rehabilitation program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is essential. The addicted individual will be able to regain their sobriety and improve their quality of life immensely. Science today has been able to create many medications that not only help people with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.