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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.

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