Facts
- Local and regional law enforcement officials cite that immediate release oxycodone is the drug of choice for pill mills who prescribe prescription opioids willy-nilly to prescription drug addicts.
- The health consequences of alcohol abuse contribute enormously to health care costs nationally.
- Parents who don't understand or consider the risks associated with giving prescription drugs to a teenager or other family member for whom the medication was not prescribed are putting these individuals at risk of adverse affects of prescription drug use as well as dependence and addiction.
- Opiates are meant to be used in medicine for the treatment of pain, but are often abused among recreational drug users because they can also be used to get high
Boston, VA. - Persons with HIV/AIDSDrug addiction will take its toll on even the healthiest individuals. When people in Boston with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Because they suffer with a reduced immune system, a thing as simple as the typical 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 treatment program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is necessary. The addicted individual will be able to restore their sobriety and increase 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.