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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.

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