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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.

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