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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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).
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.

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