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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.

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