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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.

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