Polysubstance Use Facts

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• Alternative Title:
  Polysubstance Use Facts [Spanish]
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Polysubstance Use Facts [Spanish]
  
  The use of more than one drug, also known as polysubstance use, is common. This includes when two or more are taken together or within a short time period, either intentionally or unintentionally.
  
  Intentional polysubstance use occurs when a person takes a drug to increase or decrease the effects of a different drug or wants to experience the effects of the combination. Unintentional polysubstance use occurs when a person takes drugs that have been mixed or cut with other substances, like fentanyl, without their knowledge.
  
  Whether intentional or not, mixing drugs is never safe because the effects from combining drugs may be stronger and more unpredictable than one drug alone, and even deadly.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Polysubstance Use Substance-Related Disorders
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  NCIPC
• Division:
  NCIPC_DOP
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Historical CDC.gov Content
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6f42f2a4a72060dbc06143d197f78455ce0a6a4edcfd515ccfa096a78ff533da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137438/cdc_137438_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.91 MB ]