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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.

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