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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • 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
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • 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.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.

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