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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.

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