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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.

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