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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • 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
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.

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