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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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