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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.

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