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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • 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
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.

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