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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.

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