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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.

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