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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • 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.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.

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