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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.

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