Facts
- The intensity and duration of opiate withdrawal varies greatly depending on the dose and speed of withdrawal. Short-acting opiates, such as heroin, tend to produce more intense but briefer symptoms.
- PCP users may experience may experience behavioral disturbances and acts of self-injury including suicide, and attacks on others or destruction of property.
- Out of all Ecstasy related emergency department visits in 2008, involving Ecstasy in combination with alcohol or other drugs, over 30% involved Ecstasy with one other drug, 15.0 percent involved two other drugs, 14.0 percent involved three other drugs, and 17.5 percent involved four or more other drugs.
- Some gender-specific side effects of anabolic steroid use for teenage males can include: shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count, baldness, development of breasts, and an increased risk for prostate cancer later in life.
Tiona, PA. - Criminal Justice ClientsDrug treatment is sometimes a part of a criminal justice clients court sentence. In order to provide these individuals the treatment they need, there are a few steps that need to be followed before they can enroll into a drug treatment facility. First, they need to determine if they are eligible for drug rehabilitation during their time in the Tiona, Pennsylvania criminal justice system. Their case is reviewed by a panel who decides if they are in need of treatment and if so how much and what type is needed. Furthermore, when the client is screened for drug addiction problems, the client is also screened for mental health problems as well. Severity of addiction, mental health problems, criminal activity, sentence length and previous substance abuse history are all determining factors in the creation of the treatment plan.