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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • 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.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.

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