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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.

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