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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.

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