Facts
- Magic mushrooms can cause a wide variety of perceptual changes including pupil dilation, visuals, mental stimulation, new perspectives, a feeling of insight, quickly changing emotions (lots of laughter), possible paranoia and confusion.
- Methadone has always been known as the replacement drug for people that are addicted to opiates such as heroin, morphine and other narcotics, and is commonly used as part of methadone maintenance treatment.
- Over 60 percent (64.6%) of emergency department patients seeking detox in 2009 followed up with some form of follow-up treatment.
- Methadone used in opiate maintenance therapy was originally developed to help obliterate withdrawal symptoms and support a healthy lifestyle. However, the effects of withdrawal far exceed that of heroin which causes the individual to become addicted to it instead.
Quinebaug, Connecticut - Persons with HIV/AIDSDrug addiction will take its toll on even the healthiest people. When people in Quinebaug with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs or alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Because they suffer with a decreased immune system, anything as simple as the common cold can become a risky sickness. They expose themselves to other deadly infections too: Hepatitis C, pneumonia and tuberculosis just to list a few. Entering a drug rehab program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is needed. The addicted person will be able to regain their sobriety and improve their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to produce many medications that not only help persons with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.