Facts
- The most typical marijuana users among high school aged youth in the U.S. are 11th and 12th graders.
- The criminal justice system refers drug offenders into drug treatment in a variety of ways, including diverting nonviolent offenders to treatment; stipulating treatment as a condition of incarceration, probation, or pretrial release; and holding specialized courts, or drug courts that handle drug offenders.
- Younger members of the military which have been exposed to combat are at significantly greater risk of drinking alcohol on a binge basis than older service members.
- Unintentional deaths involving prescription opioids such as Lortab increased 114% from 2001 to 2005, and there were 42,491 hydrocodone (such as that contained in Lortab) combination emergency room visits in 2004.
Persons with HIV/AIDS - HutchinsonDrug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest people. When people in Hutchinson with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Because they suffer with a lowered immune system, anything as simple as the typical 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 required. The addicted person will be in a position to regain their sobriety and enhance their quality of life immensely. Science today has been able to produce many medications that not only help persons with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.