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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.

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