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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • 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.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Adderall originally came about by accident.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.

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