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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.

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