Facts
- Surveys indicate that 300,000 of today's college students will eventually die of alcohol-related causes such as drunk-driving accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, various cancers and heart disease.
- Rates of injuries are more than one and one-half times greater for children of alcoholics than their counterparts.
- Withdrawal symptoms from Oxycontin are similar to that of many opiate-based drugs such as heroin, morphine, Dilaudid, methadone, and codeine.
- Many high school coaches open the sports season by discussing how proper amounts of strength training and nutrition can help to build a body and warn against dangers associated with the use of anabolic steroids.
Massapequa Park, New York - Hospital InpatientAny person who is seriously addicted to drugs or alcohol will benefit greatly by attending a hospital inpatient program. These types of programs are focused towards physical health, mental health and medical stabilization. Recovering persons will have access to medication as well as medical staff around the clock. While not every drug addict requires this level of care, it is useful to those who have serious physical addiction problems to drugs or alcohol. Hospital inpatient programs often last several days to even up to a month. Once the hospital inpatient portion of their recovery is finished they may choose to participate at a sober living setting or transfer into an outpatient program.