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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.

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