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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • 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.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • 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).
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".

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