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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • 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.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.

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