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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.

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