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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 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.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.

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