Facts
- Studies of secondary schools indicate that students in the 8th grade regularly report the highest rate of past year, current, and lifetime inhalant use.
- One recent study of heterosexual men found that recent methamphetamine use is associated with high-risk sexual behaviors, including anal intercourse, sex with an injection drug user, and casual sex with an anonymous female partner.
- When Coca was first introduced the alkaloid cocaine was isolated, and it was used in medicine for its medicinal effects on depression, alcohol and morphine addiction, fatigue, and as a local anesthetic. The result was addiction and dependency to cocaine and its use in medicine was discontinued.
- Salvia is used recreationally as a party drug among youth in the United States, although it does not have the recreational effects of other types of drugs like heroin or cocaine.
Sherrill, NY. - Persons with HIV/AIDSDrug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest people. When people in Sherrill with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Due to the fact they suffer with a reduced immune system, something as simple as the common cold can become a harmful 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 required. The addicted individual will be able to restore their sobriety and improve their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to create many medications that not only help people with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.