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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.

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