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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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