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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.

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