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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.

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