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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 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.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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