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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • 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.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.

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