Facts
- Nearly 15% percent of 8th-graders have used inhalants to get high.
- Research indicates that ten percent of Black women, as compared with 23 percent of White women, said that consuming more than one or two alcoholic beverages at a bar with friends is acceptable.
- There is a massive gap between those who need drug rehab and those who actually receive it, and efforts to reduce this gap must include increasing access to treatment, achieving insurance parity, reducing stigma, and raising awareness regarding the value of drug rehab.
- Withdrawal from certain drugs such as benzodiazepines or alcohol can be fatal and therefore the abrupt discontinuation of any type of drug is not recommended.
Persons with HIV/AIDS - Spencer, MassachusettsDrug addiction will take its toll on even the healthiest people. When persons in Spencer with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs or alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a reduced immune system, anything as simple as the typical 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 treatment program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is necessary. The addicted individual will be able to regain their sobriety and boost their quality of life immensely. Science today has been able to create many medications that not only help people with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.