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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.

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