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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • 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
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.

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