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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.

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