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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.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • 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.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.

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