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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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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.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • 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.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar

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