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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.

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