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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • 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.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.

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