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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • 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.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.

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