Facts
- Long term PCP users have reported memory loss, difficulties with speech and thinking, depression, and weight loss.
- Over 500,000 emergency room visits related to the use of alcohol in combination with other drugs in 2009 included the following drugs: central nervous system agents (e.g., analgesics, stimulants, sedatives) (229,230 visits), cocaine (152,631 visits), marijuana (125,438 visits), psychotherapeutic agents (e.g., antidepressants and antipsychotics) (44,217 visits), heroin (43,110 visits)
- Sudden heroin withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health can result in death under certain conditions.
- Magic mushroom users often experience open-eye visuals which are more likely at higher doses.
Persons with HIV/AIDS - Carterville, MO.Drug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest people. When persons in Carterville with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs or alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a lowered immune system, anything 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 rehab program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is essential. The addicted person will be in a position to regain their sobriety and enhance their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to develop many medications that not only help persons with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.